I can’t believe it’s that time of the year again, Thanksgiving Day. Wasn’t it just yesterday that I went into a marathon frenzy of chopping, peeling, roasting, polishing silver and cleaning? All that hard work just to watch my family making gluttons…all right…pigs… of themselves…View image… while eating double portions in a happy eating orgy….View image…before collapsing in a food stupor.

It’s time to make double-baked potatoes…time to stuff the turkey after uttering prayers, “please defrost…please defrost”…and time to cook the most fattening desserts. Disregard calories for one day (all right…two days) and just give thanks for dear family, friends and, hopefully, good health.

- the Baltic Republics;

- Khampa area of China;

- Mount Blanc/Chamonix, France;

- A Mt. Kackar Trek in Turkey; and

- Wherever else this addicted traveler’s feet take her, using the best tour operators, on the least possible budget.

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving, and if you don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in your country, take a moment to give thanks for what you do have.
Best regards, Sheila