For two years, Shane Estes, a Mayflower Community resident, has been hosting “Armchair Travels,” a series of videos about special destinations during weekly sessions at Mayflower. Shown in high-resolution video tapes, the hour-and-a-half entertainment is held at 2:00pm on Tuesdays in the cinema-like setting of the Kiesel Theatre.
The kick-off to this year’s films was visits to the Swiss cities of Zurich, Luzern, Bern, and Lausanne. Then, the group moved effortlessly (without leaving their chairs!) to Thailand’s Andaman Islands where a guided trip through some of the tidal caves was spectacular. The session finished with a visit to four great European hotels: the Palace Hotel in Luzern, Switzerland; two hotels in Lausanne, Switzerland, the Lausanne Palace Spa and the Chateau d’Ouchy; and finally the Hotel Adlon in Berlin, Germany. This trip took only an hour and a half, sightseeing included!
On September 18th, the armchair ride will visit Greece and Denmark. On that day, the U.S. state visits begin, going in alphabetical order, first Alabama and then Alaska. The following week the “armchairers” will go to Arizona and Arkansas.
Succeeding programs will be based on what the audience would like to see from Shane’s collection. To date, the armchair travelers have visited 30 some countries and many states.
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