As Jubilados (Spanish for retirees) and foodies part of our global experience is to discover the best restaurants in places we visit
Seductive. Romantic. Alluring. That’s how Sevilla is described in every guidebook. And it’s true. For a week, this fascinating city kept Magellan and I and
Getting dressed up for dinner at a restaurant has never been our Valentine’s Day date. Harried wait staff, set menus and inflated prices were the
“How long have you been here?” Magellan asked a couple at the adjacent table at dinner during our second night at a small hotel in
“I was wondering if you two would be interested in going on some sort of small getaway—maybe two nights on a gulf island, or Salt
When will we be too old to travel independently? Who knows? Take our friend George. He had a knee replacement last year, cataract surgery this
“Mom, when you die I’m not going through all those file cabinets of travel articles in your garage,” Lynn (an “only”) told me one day
We (‘Spice’ and ‘Magellan’) are a newly retired couple with a passion for active independent travel. One of our first trips after turning 65 was to Spain, which explains its melodious word for retirees—jubilados—in our tagline. What will you get by taking vicarious trips with us? Ideas, insight and inspiration.
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