Travel Tips for Baby Boomers
by Drury Bagwell

The Parthenon in Athens. Photo by Prof. Mike Olmert

Salzberg - Sound of Music Tour - Austria (Cheesy, but fun.)

Train ride from Lucerne to Interlaken - Switzerland

Cog Railway up Jungfraujok through Eiger Mountains - Switzerland

The Parthenon - Athens

Michelangelo's "David" - Firenze

Hofbrauhaus - Munchen

Budapest

Praha

Roman Forum (Actually all of Roma, with more to see than any place in the world.)

Greek Isles - Santorini, Mykonos

Zeedyke - Amsterdam

Auschwitz/Birkenow - Cracow

The Globe Theater in London. Photo by Prof. Mike Olmert.

Chianti Wine in Italy ; Beer in Germany; Red Wine in France; Ouzo in Greece (but be CAREFUL!!); tea in England !

Globe Theatre - London

FORGET ABOUT IT

French Riviera (rocks, not sand; expensive; Italian Riviera better.)

Thessalonika , Greece (dirty; noisy; no "there" there.)

Warsaw (sad Russian architecture; see Cracow instead.)

SURPRISES

Central Cemetery - Wien (Mozart, Brahms, Schubert, Strauss all buried together.

Flea markets are lively in Havana. Photo by Dave Ottalini.

Church of Skulls - Roma (entire altar made of the skulls of 2000 years of monks.)

Sunday flea markets in just about any city. (Not so much for buying, but for looking and people watching.)

Moscow - More modern and up-to-date than expected and an adventure that is manageable.

Tallinn, Estonia (as well as Riga, Latvia and Vilnius, Lithuania ) - Reminds me of Prague before the tourists overcrowded it. Be the first kid on your block to visit the Baltics!!

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Travel Resources at Maryland

Study Abroad - UM International Programs
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Travel with the Alumni Association
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