Prisoner of Hopes

Category: cruise

  • Birthday Journey To Locarno: Travel Goals Italy

    Birthday Journey To Locarno: Travel Goals Italy

    Today I turn 58 years old. To celebrate, I am traveling to Locarno Switzerland. It sounded like a great idea, yesterday, when after an “uphill day”, the travel office in Stresa was finally able to book it. After two unsuccessful attempts to purchase seats had failed, finally getting tickets for the rail and ferry Swiss…

  • The Currency of Currency: Travel Goals Argentina

    The Currency of Currency: Travel Goals Argentina

    Currency: the quality of being generally accepted or in use. The U.S. dollar (and also the Euro), as we were to find out, is the ultimate currency, at least in South America. After arrival in any country, one of first stops we make is a bank or currency exchange. In recent years it has become…

  • Unexpected Encounters: Travel Goals Uruguay

    Unexpected Encounters: Travel Goals Uruguay

    When I was a teenager, I went to the science center IMAX. There, on the giant screen, I experienced scenes from the Andes and a plane crash that left people stranded for 72 days. Through footage of the wreckage, I imagined the horrors of trying to survive on the side of a mountain in temperatures…

  • Cruise culture: Travel Goals Argentina

    Cruise culture: Travel Goals Argentina

    We said we would never cruise, and yet I found myself on a Holland America ship for thirty five days in order to sail around South America. My hesitation for cruise travel had nothing to do with the ship, the sea, the time, or the money. I dreaded the people. I didn’t want to feel…