Now retired, my husband wants us to travel - I will miss Grandchildren!

Todo es posible Jalima!

you do need a bit of dexterity
That's out then
French in Canada MawBroon
Ce n'est pas possible!

But as for that Russian trip, это может быть возможным

I'm pretty sure that's not right, but my mate google says it is

What a talented lot we are!
And for a trip on The Ghan:
Good onya mate - sweet as

Good language skills Jalima!

Agree. Via Rail is excellent. I stopped off in Winnipeg ( the museum of human rights is a MUST see) and went up into Churchill for the polar bears. Then carried on back to Winnipeg and complete journey through to Seattle. The Starlight express is also good from Seattle to LA although I would most definately NOT recommend Union Station in LA for lone female travellers at night (long story but it involved myself, a hooker, assorted weird males and two police Lts plus reinforcements. Oh I could write a book about my travels.

The train from Boston through to the Berkshires is wonderful in the fall and beats driving. The trees look magnificent.

Brilliant River Boat trips in America on the Mississippi river.

These river cruises look lovely but I'm afraid that America is off our list of places to be right now. We'd get in OK but I don't want to give that country a single dollar!!

Know what you mean, Jane10 Some lovely ideas on another thread, but my holiday money will go elsewhere, not to my country of birth until that nutjob is gone! Helloooo Canada!

Oh... and on a money thread, I had a mini-rant about Premium Bonds. We never seemed to hardly any cheques. The PB fairy does not seem to fly my way with her prizes. I also don't fancy lending the UK govt my money anymore for such rubbish interest.

All depends on how emotionally attached you are. The longest I did it for was 3 weeks and even the last week I couldn't think of anything else. Couldn't have done 3 months.
Didn't matter what anyone else said to me. Thankfully my husband understands