I would love to travel, but not this summer, for a personal reason. My granddaughter and grandson will be away overseas, and in Rochester Tech respectively, and I want to spend as much time with them as possible. One relatively close trip I would like to take is with them, perhaps to Washington DC, and a separate trip with my grandson somewhere else. Maybe NYC with my grandson.
I would go to Cuba in the fall if I could, but i’m afraid that is no longer possible, which makes me sad. If overseas travel wasn’t such a hassle, I have the fondest memories of Italy, and that’s where I would go if everything was equal, which it is not.
Come to think of it, I am planning to go to a spa with a close friend this summer for a few days!
Our desires (and ability) for travel do shrink a bit with age.
Travel with grandchildren at any age and anywhere is a gift that goes both ways for sure. Going when they are young especially lets us see places through their eyes as well as our own. We treasure those memories especially. I’d go back to anywhere in Italy if I were young again, but re-travel a lot in my mind and read Donna Leon’s Brunetti series for the taste of Venice that feeds a yen and provides a mystery on the side. A spa sounds perfect!