HeyJaredLifestyle Fifty with Jo Castro
Travel, life, and style stories for the adventures that begin after 50, by Jo Castro (award winning blogger and veteran freelance travel writer).
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What Oslo Made Me Think About (opens the original)
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There are cities that greet you noisily, almost insisting that you like them. Oslo didn’t do that for me. It seemed more reserved, as if it didn’t particularly mind what I thought.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="609" src="https://substackcdn.c
Could This Be Your Perfect First Safari in South Africa? (opens the original)
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Until I started looking beyond South Africa’s famous safari names, Madikwe was barely on my radar. That turned out to be a considerable oversight because it’s malaria-free, quieter than many famous reserves—and remarkably rewarding for mature travellers.“An elephant in ‘must’ is after only one thing – A woman.” Thabie, our game ranger pulls up under a Tamboti tree and jumps down from the landcruiser. “See here, these droplets – urine. When an ellie’s in ‘must’ he urinates constantly.” We peer do
Confessions of an Accidental Influencer (opens the original)
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Nobody warns you about the demotion of being an empty nester. One day you’re the essential hub of a busy household, indispensable and slightly frazzled. The next, the house goes quiet, the last kid’s bedroom door stays shut, and you’re standing in the kitchen wondering what exactly your position is. I remember thinking, quite seriously, that the interesting part of my life was probably over. I’d had my adventures. Travelled the globe. Created about 20 different homes. Brought up two children. An
So You Decided to Live on the Other Side of the World. Congratulations! (You Absolute Fool.) (opens the original)
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Let’s be honest. Nobody warns you about the Goodbye Problem when you sign up for a life overseas.The brochure, metaphorically speaking (and not always correct) shows you sipping something cold perhaps on a veranda with a spectacular view, or somewhere balmy just living your best sun-drenched, passport-stamped, horizon-chasing life. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hQKM!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-m
I Don't Mind Getting Older. I Just Wish My Body Had Asked Permission First. (opens the original)
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The other day I lost my wallet.Not just misplaced it for five minutes, but really lost it. I searched my handbag three times, retraced my steps through the house, wondered whether I’d left it in the supermarket and mentally began cancelling my bank cards.Eventually, I found it exactly where any sensible person would keep a wallet.In the fridge.Earlier that afternoon I’d shoved it into a shopping bag after paying for the groceries. Once I got home, I unpacked everything in a hurry because there w
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