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🌎 Off to Spain, and our updated travel accessories
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Hello Reader, 🧭 Where in the World?I was going to say we’re airborne, but that sounds like a disease. So, let’s just say we’re off on more adventures, packed for about a month. We're starting with a couple days in Madrid, then Kris is going to Jerez for a week of concentrated Sherry tasting and Tom is headed to Malaga for a week of intensive Spanish conversation classes. After that, we're off to Valencia for some family and beach time. Our expectations are to see new places, meet new people, eat new food, and enjoy more than a few unplanned days. All the better if we can keep up on our reading and writing and embrace a bit of new perspective on this complicated world. By the way, Spain's excellent train system makes all this moving around extremely easy and much more comfortable than flying. 🧳 Our Latest PostsOur latest post harkens back to that age-old question about packing – and specifically about tech accessories and carry-on organization that will really make your travel hours more pleasant. Check it out. 🛫 Get Going: Tours We Recommend For YouYou know we are keen on attracting four more people for our November trip with Elective Study Abroad to Andalucia, Spain. (And now is the time to enroll.) To us, it mattereth not that we’ve been to Córdoba and Granada before, given the experts we get to hang out with there. But you may be enthralled by other destinations and topics – and that’s OK! Go ahead and browse Elective’s ‘course catalog’ to discover other sessions: The Evolution of the City in Palermo, Sicily; World Religions in Istanbul; Women in Paris in … Paris!; Art and Art de Vivre in Montpellier, France; and others. Start your research here and consider joining Tom and me for “The Architecture and Cuisine of Andalusia.” We look forward to including you in this Travel Past 50 experience with Elective. Talk to Carrie at Elective Study Abroad or contact Tom or Kris if you want to noodle on any of this. But don’t delay, space is limited. NOTE: Travel Past 50 readers save $250 with the code TP502026. There’s no single supplement, and just for the asking we’ll help Andalusia visitors with any of your pre- or post- travel extensions in Spain, our home away from home. 🗞️ Travel News From Around the Web
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📖 What We're ReadingKris is uploading several books to her Kindle in preparation for our long trip to Spain. The latest is The Correspondent, by Virginia Evans, which is also Tom's book for his book club next month. Tom is still working on East of Eden, by John Steinbeck. Hey, it's long. And then, it will be his turn for The Correspondent. You can see most of the books we recommend in one place at our Amazon book shop. If you'd prefer an alternative to Amazon, there is Alibris.com, where we frequently buy used books, and Bookshop.org, which supports independent booksellers. And, if you're into art books, like we are, check out the catalog at Taschen, the world's foremost publisher of art books. If you buy a book through our links, we make a small commission at no additional cost to you. ❝Travel Quote of the Week❞I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them. – Mark Twain Read past editions of our newsletter here. If you're enjoying what you're reading, please consider recommending it to others. They can sign up here. Have any feedback? Ideas for future posts or email topics? We'd love to hear from you. Email us at feedback@travelpast50.com. Happy travels, Kris and Tom
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