* LARGE PRINT EDITION * Does your retirement plan include travel? Let Lynn and Larry Michelsohn help you enjoy a relaxed, fun-filled summer in Europe. Their lighthearted retirement travel guide shows you how to . . . Choose countries that sound interesting-places you've always wanted to visit. Travel by ship, plane, train, bus, tram, taxi-no driving on the wrong side of the road required. Settle into a European city for a week or a month. Get to know the place and its people better than is possible on a whirlwind tour. String together a few month-long stays in different cities. Why not? You're retired. Your time is your own. Stay in rented apartments-so easy to arrange using the Internet. Cook for yourself-and sample as much or as little of the "native cuisine" as you dare. Live like locals as far as is conveniently possible and as frugally as you need to. Look for sufficient adventure to spice things up-enough, but not too much-find whatever level of challenge suits you. Let SLOW TRAVEL-RETIRED AND LOVING IT! inspire you to plan your own Slow Travel adventure. Larry and Lynn say, "Slow Travel makes a summer in Europe easier and less expensive than you think. If we can do it, almost anyone can!" TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction to Slow Travel Chapter 1. Where in the World Is . . . ? (Choosing a destination) Chapter 2. An Arm and a Leg? (Costs, finding freebies) Chapter 3. Ready, Willing, and Able. (Getting ready, passports, visas) Chapter 4. What to Take? (Clothes, equipment, supplies) Chapter 5. Home Sweet Temporary Home. (Accommodations) Chapter 6. Can I Drink the Water? (Tap water, bottled water) Chapter 7. Eating our Way through Europe, Part 1: Buying groceries (Foods, grocery stores, markets) Chapter 8. Money, Money, Money. (Cash, credit cards) Chapter 9. Habla . . . Sprechen Sie . . . Parlez- vous . . . English? (Language) Chapter 10. There and Back Again. (Crossing the Pond) Chapter 11. Trains, Planes, Trams, and Trolleys. (Transportation in Europe) Chapter 12. Attitudes-Pro and Con. (What do Europeans think?) Chapter 13. We're Here, Now What? (Tours, tourist information, tourist services) Chapter 14. Popular Entertainment. (Music, sports, TV, movies, the Internet) Chapter 15. Highbrow Entertainment. (Opera, concerts, theater) Chapter 16. Is That All? (Museums, sporting activities, family research) Chapter 17. Getting To Know You . . . (Meeting locals and fellow travelers) Chapter 18. Eating Our Way Through Europe, Part 2: Eating Out. (Restaurants, street food) Chapter 19. Wet Your Whistle. (Bars, pubs, alcohol) Chapter 20. Shop Till You Drop. (Stores, products, business hours, souvenirs) Chapter 21. An Apple a Day . . . (Health) Chapter 22. Stay in Touch. (Phones, the Internet, snail mail, newspapers) Chapter 23. . . . And the Law Won. (Laws, drugs, police, crime, terrorism) Chapter 24. And Did I Mention? (Time, measures, restrooms, tipping) Chapter 25. Slow Travel-How to Relax and See the World. (You can do it!) Isn't a whole summer in Europe too hard? Isn't it too expensive? No! Not if you prepare well, remain flexible in your plans and expectations, live reasonably, and maintain a sense of humor. Why not give it a try?