October 2025 Archive

Sorry no post today…We are busy handling “paperwork”…

The package is arriving soon!…Facial scanning and fingerprints…

We continue to republish articles from Travel + Leisure Magazine when we feel the information may be pertinent to many of our...

Updates on the package…International shipping woes…

  Shipping packages from the United States to other countries has never been a simple process. Over the years, we’ve learned that...

Oh, oh…The package is delayed…Travel as medicine???…

  Here is an article that popped up today in Travel & Leisure online magazine: "This Country Is Now Prescribing Travel as...

We’re back…A bit of this and that…

  This morning, I booked our lunch reservation to get together with friends Linda and Ken when their ship arrives at the...

No post today! Thanks for your continued support! …

The challenges of cooking in a sparsely equipped kitchen…

Over the almost three weeks since we arrived in Barcelona, we've ordered about 70% of our meals through Uber Eats. Surprisingly, I've...

The package with the battery charger has left Las Vegas…Tentatively optimistic…Still staying in…

Last night, we received a tracking number from UPS for the shipment of the hearing aid charger from Nevada. Of course, we're...

The hearing aid charger fiasco…What? Shipping issues with products containing lithium batteries?…

  Shipping products with lithium batteries has become one of those challenges that sound deceptively simple until you’re knee-deep in regulations, fees,...

Is it safe to travel to Saudi Arabia?…What are restrictions travelers must observe?…

When considering travel to countries that are vastly different from our own, questions of safety and restrictions naturally arise. Saudi Arabia is...