Boomeresque:Definition
1. Adj.: Describing a person born between 1 Jan. 1946 and 31 Dec. 1964
2. Adj.: Description of a person, place or thing possessing Baby Boomer je ne sais quoi
3. See also, Boomer, Esq.: A Baby Boomer who is also a licensed attorney (See, e.g., About).

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Ghost Haunts in the United Kingdom: York, Stratford-Upon-Avon and Pluckley

July 15, 2013 0 comments

(Boo! This is a guest post by Catherine Lavinia.) You don’t have to wait until Halloween to enjoy an evening of the macabre while visiting the United Kingdom.  The UK is full of spooky delights for you to choose from. Up and down the country, you can spend a bloodcurdling weekend walking along cobbled streets […]

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A Baby Boomer Trip Down Memory Lane: A Fish Out of Water in Devizes, Wiltshire, England – 1970

July 10, 2013 36 comments

I recently read a blog post by a British woman, writing about her dread at having to participate in the Mothers’ Race for Sports Day at her daughters’ school. This sent me flashing back to 1970 when I attended the comprehensive school in Devizes, Wiltshire, England, a small west country market town where my father […]

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London Luton Airport — Another Choice for Air Travel to and from England

December 18, 2012 3 comments

Luton on map

People flying to England from North America are most familiar with sprawling Heathrow and Gatwick Airports that serve metropolitan London, but if you intend to extend your travel beyond the British Isles, you might find that you need to get yourself to London Luton Airport. Even though most Americans have never heard of it, London […]

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How to Visit London Without Breaking the Bank

December 16, 2012 21 comments

It’s not just 20-something backpackers who try to keep their travel costs as low as possible. Many Baby Boomer travelers want and/or need to stretch their travel funds. Between 2011 and 2012 London moved up five places from number 15 to number 10 on the list of most expensive world cities. Fortunately, there are ways to make […]

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London Calling

August 24, 2012 14 comments

It was with some trepidation that we boarded our London flight from Helsinki on the final leg of our 25 day trip that had also included visits to Dublin, a seven day road trip in the Irish countryside, a four day visit to Copenhagen and our first visit to Helsinki.  This somewhat odd itinerary was […]

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