Every once in a while, we are hit over the head by a ton of bricks. While this would normally be cause for concern, this particular brickload is one of gratitude. We are truly honored.
Check us out! We landed on the front page of Huffington Post 50! And then AOL picked it up and put us on THEIR homepage, whew, that was a crazy week! Thanks to the wonderful Ann Brenoff for the lovely interview! Click here to see it!
Oh, and we we're giddily overwhelmed by all the comments this post received - didn't realize we were so controversial!
The HuffPo article came hot on the heels of our first TV appearance - so you can imagine how strained our little Mom & Pop (bada-ching) operation here had gotten - in a good way, of course!
We had taken some video on our trip to Mexico of what we called a "Flaming Waterfall of Mexican Coffee." The thing went viral (don't ask us how, if we knew how to do it, we'd have WAY more hits on our YouTube channel!). Within three hours of us noticing things were getting out of hand - we were on TV! Crazy, right?
We had a great time with those crazy kids at Right This Minute - click to see our debut!
THEN Yahoo! picked it up...
Matt's a truly inspirational guy - and is SO willing to share his secrets of affordable, long-term travel. When he asked us, along with two other couples, if we could provide tips on how we travel full time without killing each other - we had to say yes! After all, it was MATT asking! Click here for the results.
We joined Jill and Claudia over at Empty Nester Radio and had a BLAST. What did your kids say when you told them of your plans? |
What kind of technology do you use on the road?
What do you do about healthcare?
Is it liberating to get rid of all of your "stuff"?
What would be the first piece of advice you'd give someone wanting to follow a similar path? And much more!
Called "The Social Networking Site for Grown Ups," 50 Connect is one of Britain's hottest sites!
We were interviewed SEPARATELY for the first time here, and didn't get to see the results until it was published! Wow - we were shocked at the insight into our lives it provided. You will be too!
Click here to check us out, just a bit more exposed than we're used to.
The Hostel Life celebrates the world's great places and the people who travel it!
Spoiler alert! They were able to get us to tell them about our favorite hostel before we were able to write about it ourselves!
Click here to see the fun interview.
We're #2 on Seniors for Living's Top 100 Blogs!
This is like winning the Oscar - we are so proud of this! And we are among a great group of websites - so many tremendous resources.
Click here to see the full list of honorees.
We were chosen as a TravelPod Top Site
TravelPod is considered the web's original travel blog.
Check out what they wrote about us!
Donna Hull of My Itchy Feet Travel included us at #1 in her post "Boomer Travel Blogs Are Booming."
Donna Hull is a freelance writer specializing in travel and human interest content for print publications and the web. At My Itchy Travel Feet, she writes about active travel for baby boomers. And, she should know because she is one.
Check out her kind words about us here.
Our first international interview was with the London-based Fab Over Fifty.
Founded by Ceri Wheeldon, Fab Over Fifty strives to redefine how women over fifty see themselves - and how they are viewed by others.
And, yes, she is fabulous!
You can read the full interview here.
Doris Gallen of Baby Boomers Traveling interviewed us for her wonderful website!
Doris helps people let go of their fears of the unknown so they can travel and discover the exciting life they've always wanted by going abroad to travel, live, give, and learn.
Read about us here - she really made us look good!
Dorothy Sandler over at Aging Abundantly did a cute little write-up on us! Thanks Dorothy!
Cindy Holman has a fun blog that she mentioned us on! Gotta love Cindy!
David & Veronica, GypsyNester.com
