December Tour News
Hi from Rick: Feeling Grateful for Travel Dreams
This year, as I enjoy this festive holiday season, I'm feeling grateful. With all the uncertainty and frustration in today's world, that may sound strange. But as a traveler, I've learned things go better when you embrace a "mindset of abundance": counting your blessings rather than fretting over what isn't going your way.
I'm feeling grateful that I enjoyed a wonderful month of travel in Europe this fall — exploring France, Italy, and Athens with good company and at a time when COVID was contained enough to make things feel surprisingly safe and normal. On those trips, I learned that nearly all the wonderful mom-and-pop guest houses, pubs, and trattorias — those labors of love that are such a fundamental part of the joy of European travel — are standing strong through the lean times of the pandemic. Visiting with them, I was reminded that a very warm and appreciative European welcome awaits us in 2022… Read more
