In addition to travel we have enjoyed boating, swimming, hiking, camping, educational
courses, movies, the Internet, and keeping in touch with family and friends. We both are
avid readers and share a wide range of interests including geography, history, sociology,
biography, and fiction.
courses, movies, the Internet, and keeping in touch with family and friends. We both are
avid readers and share a wide range of interests including geography, history, sociology,
biography, and fiction.
| Who We Are |
We, Eric Caldeira and Virginia Caldeira, are a retired couple who for many years lived in
the New York City area but recently moved to a Philadelphia suburb.
Usually we travel abroad two or three times a year, averaging about three weeks per trip.
The areas we visit are often the ones popular with backpackers. We prefer to stay in
small local hotels and guest houses. On most trips we travel independently, but sometimes
join tour groups . Occasionally we go on a group tour followed by an additional two weeks
or so on our own. In addition to English we both speak Spanish. I also speak German,
Virginia some French, and we have learned a few key words in other languages. We love
to travel!
the New York City area but recently moved to a Philadelphia suburb.
Usually we travel abroad two or three times a year, averaging about three weeks per trip.
The areas we visit are often the ones popular with backpackers. We prefer to stay in
small local hotels and guest houses. On most trips we travel independently, but sometimes
join tour groups . Occasionally we go on a group tour followed by an additional two weeks
or so on our own. In addition to English we both speak Spanish. I also speak German,
Virginia some French, and we have learned a few key words in other languages. We love
to travel!
Creating and developing "Our Travel Journals" website has been a pleasure. We hope you
find it useful and enjoyable. We look forward to adding new travel adventures.
find it useful and enjoyable. We look forward to adding new travel adventures.
We have been in about 75 countries, shown in red on the map below.
Before traveling to a new destination we try to learn about it from the Lonely Planet,
Footprints, Moon, and other guidebooks, as well as from other publications and the
Internet.
Virginia's father was from the Croatia but came to New York at seventeen. Her mother's
parents emigrated from Germany. Virginia grew up in New York City and was an honor
graduate from Hunter College, where she majored in mathematics and statistics. She
subsequently earned her M.A. at William Paterson University. In addition to doing most
of the work of raising our four children, she was employed as a statistician, mathematics
teacher, and computer systems analyst.
My father, of Portuguese parentage, was born and grew up in Trinidad, a former British
colony. My mother was German but as a young woman moved to Peru, where she married
my father. I, Eric, was born in Peru and during childhood lived there and in Colombia and
Germany, then spent my adolescence in Texas. As an adult I lived mostly in the New
York City area except for two years in the U.S. Army and 15 months with Virginia in
Mexico and Nicaragua. I graduated from Columbia University with a B.A., followed by
graduate business courses there and at New York University. My working life was
devoted to marketing American products internationally; that work required frequent
worldwide travel.
Footprints, Moon, and other guidebooks, as well as from other publications and the
Internet.
Virginia's father was from the Croatia but came to New York at seventeen. Her mother's
parents emigrated from Germany. Virginia grew up in New York City and was an honor
graduate from Hunter College, where she majored in mathematics and statistics. She
subsequently earned her M.A. at William Paterson University. In addition to doing most
of the work of raising our four children, she was employed as a statistician, mathematics
teacher, and computer systems analyst.
My father, of Portuguese parentage, was born and grew up in Trinidad, a former British
colony. My mother was German but as a young woman moved to Peru, where she married
my father. I, Eric, was born in Peru and during childhood lived there and in Colombia and
Germany, then spent my adolescence in Texas. As an adult I lived mostly in the New
York City area except for two years in the U.S. Army and 15 months with Virginia in
Mexico and Nicaragua. I graduated from Columbia University with a B.A., followed by
graduate business courses there and at New York University. My working life was
devoted to marketing American products internationally; that work required frequent
worldwide travel.
Virginia and Eric Caldeira, 2009
Virginia and I are the proud parents of three sons and a daughter, each
outstanding in their respective fields.
outstanding in their respective fields.