Events

Rex Fritschi,  the USA-wide noted travel counselor,  has returned to his beloved San Miguel for another thee month stay.  Rex is widely traveled.  He and his wife, Barbara, have visited more than 165 countries and islands,  have stopped counting after 350 trans-Atlantic crossings and have sailed on more than fifty cruise ships.  His specialty is advising upscale travelers – often in their own private jets - on visiting remote places and experiencing the unusual.  He is also an intuitive photographer and an acclaimed lecturer.

On Tuesday,  February 22,  at 3 PM  in the Santa Ana Theater of the Biblioteca he will present his personal experience of the Arctic.  You travel north, well beyond the Norwegian mainland to Arctic Svalbard, into the land of the midnight sun -  a world of deep fjords, snow-capped mountains and massive ice sheets. Svalbard is the best place to travel to view polar bears in their natural habitat on the pack ice. Come aboard a National Geographic expedition cruise ship. and travel to the Arctic with an enthusiastic team of scientists which help you experience Arctic travel and maximize polar bear sightings. Rex and Barbara were lucky:  they sighted 26 polar bears.  One came right up to the ship and is now prominently featured in National Geographic brochures. We hike the rolling tundra in search of reindeer,  kayak around icebergs where walrus and seals reside, approach high cliffs housing tens of thousands of aquatic birds that swarm around the ship,  besides sighting humpback and blue whales, also take a plunge in the Arctic Ocean at 80 degrees north latitude (!)  – all under a sun that never sets!

Rex will be offering three more presentation on exciting destinations, such as the mighty Volga River from Moscow south to the Caspian Sea.  This will be on March 1st. then two more on March 11 and 18.  Please mark your calendars.