Travel plans for 2026?

[chachalaca]

I can relate with an aging parent. For many years I did not want to venture more than a 1 day car drive from my mother's house. As an only child I was the only person to look after her.

I think you will love the ice hotel. We visited the one near Quebec City twice. Both times were at Christmas time and the hotel didn't open until the first week of January, but several rooms were available to view. Fortunately for us, the ice bar was open. The block of ice glasses were free to take home as long as you kept them below freezing! View attachment 49569View attachment 49573View attachment 49577

Do you still have the glasses, NoSpin??? LOL!
It's so bittersweet, getting older. A lot to be thankful for, but watching parents decline is devastating. Each trip is preceded with almost full of more angst than excitement, and for the first time in our lives we're buying travel insurance like candy.

Even still, it is wonderful to get away. I'm excited about this hotel, north of the Arctic Circle, and the possibility of seeing amazing Auroras.

 

[Pauline]

Pauline I already finished putting 10 reports in the other countries section also, I noticed I put 2100 "miles" on this, it was kilometers....I keep doing that!!

I should have noticed that!! Thanks!

 

[Amy]

We are just back from three very enjoyable weeks in Mexico City and Oaxaca. Next month we will spend a week in Sanibel Island with family.
In the Spring we will be in Vienna for a few days, then return to Venice for the Biennale.

Mulling over possibilities for the Fall, perhaps Morocco with friends.

 

[jan]

We'll be leaving here on March 1.
5 nights--Bilbao
3 weeks-- Venice
2 nights --Pesaro
1 week--L'Aquila
2 nights--Ostia (flying home from FCO

I'm a little nervous about being cold, but I gathering my appropriate gear.

 

[NoSpin]

Do you still have the glasses, NoSpin??? LOL!

Regrettably, no. Actually, they have special bins to dispose of your ice glass, recycling at its finest!