Huh? What's Up With That?

the road from Barquisimeto..   Barquisimeto is a city on the Turbio River and the capital of Lara state in northwestern Venezuela. The city has a population exceeding one million people and the average temperature is 75 year round. It's where Luisa was born and raised.  It's also the city she fled 12 years ago.    HUH ?   What's up with that ? discovered Luisa working as a teller in a local bank.  After several short conversations, I felt her history would be an interesting post.  I explained what I would like to do, and we set a time and place to meet over coffee.  Hopefully, the essence of her story is captured here.    Luisa was 18 when her mother sent her to the United States with an F-1 Student Visa in hand. There was genuine concern for Luisa's safety in her homeland because she had been involved in an anti-government movement from the time she was 12 years old.     Luisa and her circle of friends opposed th...

a little traveling music....   HUH ? What's up with tha t? has talked to well over 80 retirees in the past four months.  We've discussed commonalities, differences, likes and dislikes, previous occupations, desires, goals, regrets, and even a few dreams.  The only two subjects we won't get into begin with an R and P .   Among the conclusions unscientifically reached, all but a few of my guests were in unison about one subject and that's checking out places they've never seen.   Going places sounds good to me !   My wife and I want to travel before we're not able to do it .   We'd like to see as many sites as our budget allows .   Those are just a few of the comments I've heard.  Many more of them are variations of the same themes, but almost everyone wants to hit the road or see how friendly the skies can be in 2020.   A 2017 poll contradicts one completed five years previously that concluded older people travel mo...