One of our favorite Tauck trips was a tour of China. The tour was provided through Tauck and was called the China, Yangtze River and Hong Kong (westbound) tour. We took the tour in 2011 and it still ranks as one of our most memorable trips. After visiting Hong Kong, we flew into Shanghai and took a high speed maglev train into Shanghai. A magnetic levitation train allows the train to travel without actually touching the ground. It can reach…
This is a picture I took in Shanghai, China. It was a picture I almost lost. A few days after taking this picture, I was trying to restore a setting on my camera. Being the technology wizard that I am, I just started pushing buttons. In the process, I reformatted my memory card. I knew immediately I had done something very wrong. My husband reminded me of some advice we were given when we first bought the camera. I took…
Travel preferences tend to be very individual. Are you traveling with young children? Are you physically active and a person who enjoys adventure or would you rather relax with a good book on a beach? What is a great trip for one person could be another person’s worst nightmare. That said, I am going to share a few ideas that have made travel more enjoyable for my husband and me. In the past several years, we have taken cruises or…