Old couple travel

Specific circumstances need to be treated differently, but also combined with the old couple's physical condition and economic income, there is no right or wrong.

Two or three trips a year are too many for the elderly over 60. That kind of travel around the world, except for the high-income groups who are in particularly good health, is a bit too extravagant for most elderly people in ordinary families.

At present, it is a reasonable arrangement to choose representative tourist attractions, stagger the peak season mode of tourism, and combine far and near tourism once or twice a year; It may be suitable for the retirement life of most families. As far as we know, except during the epidemic prevention and control period in COVID-19, most popular tourist attractions are crowded all year round.

For tourists, the above-mentioned state undoubtedly greatly reduces the quality of tourism and has the feeling of spending money to buy guilt. Moreover, the scenic spots in many cities are similar, with few features. Take our own family as an example. Our old couple have no interest in traveling because they used to travel all over the country. If you want to go out and enjoy the scenery of nature, you usually choose local parks, and it is rare to travel abroad. The nearby city attractions, because they have all been there before, have little interest in revisiting old dreams.

Although our children have never talked about tourism, we know very well that they don't want us to travel often. Nowadays, young people are under great economic pressure, and they spend a lot on mortgage and children's education. They need financial support from their parents, which cannot be confused with "gnawing at the old".

If we put ourselves in the other's shoes, the old couple will definitely spend a lot of money going out for sightseeing. Now, after all, the high-income children are a minority. Especially the third generation's support, children's early education, school district housing and so on; The expenditure in this area is an astronomical figure.

In most cases, it is reasonable for children to oppose their parents to become a tourist; We can't take moral kidnapping for the younger generation. Moreover, today's young people live in a fast pace, and the third generation of children not only need a lot of economic expenses, but also need grandparents, grandfathers and grandmothers to drive them to and from school.

This is a real problem, not an ethical one. Of course, there are a few families, no matter in terms of economy or in terms of third-generation support. So where do the old couple like to go? It's natural to go there.

However, tourism is an extremely exhausting activity, and as an elderly person, we should do what we can. Children are also worried that their parents will encounter all kinds of cheating and misleading consumption during their travels, which are all practical problems that cannot be circumvented.

Recently, there is a "flower backpacker" who is very popular on the Internet. They are 64-year-old Zhang Guangzhu and 61-year-old Wang Zhongjin. The ordinary old couple living in Beijing have visited dozens of countries such as Europe, North America, South America and Russia with their backpacks. Before that, they have rich domestic self-help travel experience. Every time they talk about their experiences of traveling around the world, the old couple's words are always mixed with laughter, and their names have become backpackers.

Although the old couple have rich experience in self-help travel in China, before that, they never thought that the dream of a global world could be realized on themselves. Perhaps worrying about language barriers is also a very important reason, but I made up my mind to go abroad only after knowing an accidental feeling.

When the "flower backpacker" traveled to Tiger Leaping Gorge in Yunnan again, he occasionally met a foreign tourist in an inn in Naxi. He didn't speak a word of Chinese, but he dared to go to a remote place in China. Suddenly, the old couple were stimulated and unconvinced. So after returning from Yunnan, Zhang Guangzhu and his wife Wang Zhongjin suggested that we could also travel abroad. The two hit it off, and soon they began to plan their travel routes and began to recite English short sentences for seven or eight hours every day.

It was not until the first stop, Venice, that their trip around the world began to appear as a "roadblock". I found out why they couldn't say it when they asked for directions. However, the trouble of language communication didn't stop them. Wang Zhongjin said with a smile: They chose to communicate with people by comparing and rowing to solve the problems they would encounter when traveling. For example, once they wanted to stay in a hotel in Venice for a few days, the local boss said that they needed 90 euros a night, which was not cheap when converted into RMB! They want their boss to give them a discount, but they can't remember how to express "cheap" and "discount".

Finally, Zhang Guangzhou simply said in Chinese, "It's cheaper!" While holding his hand down from high to low, the description of the strokes really made the boss understand, and finally he succeeded in clinching the deal at a price of 60 euros, which was more exciting than earning the difference of a few cents by buying food. Although the old couple didn't understand the language, they still succeeded in bargaining.

It seems that they are in love again on this trip.

After traveling around 16 countries in Europe for 88 days, they deeply realized that traveling abroad was not as troublesome as they thought, which encouraged them to travel further and further around the world: the United States, Canada, Nepal, Brazil, South Africa, Argentina, Mexico and Australia wanted to go further and further, and their enthusiasm for traveling could not be stopped because of the smooth progress of the tour!

During the trip, his wife, Wang Zhongjin, once fell ill and was seriously dehydrated with a high fever of 40 degrees Celsius. Her husband, Zhang Guangzhu, gave his wife generous arms and warm arms when she was ill, and took care of her carefully, while carrying a big bag weighing almost dozens of pounds and taking care of it in a stop-and-go way. The wife I saw on the side was also very distressed by her wife. She said, "Seeing him carrying such a heavy bag, I especially want to help him, but I have no strength at all. I feel distressed."

In Australia, they once sat side by side in the wild, roasted sweet potatoes with branches, and enjoyed the beautiful night view of sky full of stars. They felt the most ordinary and simple romance between each other ... and all these difficult, annoying, relaxed and cheerful bits and pieces between them were recorded by heart. After this wonderful journey, they suddenly found that the distance between them was getting closer.

Before retirement, the old couple had a busy life for their career, and even had the experience of living apart for several years. At one time, they felt strange to each other, and they also felt that "the old couple have been married for so many years, and there is nothing to say and share." But magically, when they started to travel in China and then set foot on a trip around the world, they found that "we are like going back to the time when we were in love and playing with friends."

Even during the journey, when they had a little quarrel, Zhang Guangzhu would use various methods to cheer his wife up, and get along with each other every day, experiencing the novelty that he had never felt before, only to find that so many years had passed too quietly, and only when he was traveling did he begin to get to know each other again. The two old people with gray hair were also very grateful for the wonderful feelings brought to them by traveling.

On the bumpy road, there is light when you are there; Stumbling forward, there is a direction with you; Leaning in your warm arms, feeling each other's heartbeat, I am not afraid wherever I go as long as I have you. Thanks for traveling, we can reproduce the best state of love. This message is dedicated to my favorite husband, Zhang Guangzhu.