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
mainly 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 like to eat where we can see our food being prepared. 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!
mainly 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 like to eat where we can see our food being prepared. 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!
We created this website in 2003 and have had a great time developing it. We hope you
find "Our Travel Journals" useful and interesting, and we look forward to adding future
travel adventures.
find "Our Travel Journals" useful and interesting, and we look forward to adding future
travel adventures.
We have been in about 75 countries, shown in red on the map below.
Virginia's father was from the Croatia but at sixteen came to the United States.
Virginia's 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, computer systems analyst, and also participated in our own export
business.
My father, of Portuguese parentage, grew up in Trinidad, a former British colony. My
mother was German and as a young woman went to Peru, where she married my father and
where I was born. During my childhood I lived with my parents in Peru, Colombia and
Germany, My adolescence was spent in Texas. As an adult I have lived mostly in the New
York City area except for two years with the U.S. Army in the Philippines and 15 months
with Virginia in Mexico and Nicaragua. I am Columbia University graduate and took
graduate business courses there and at New York University. During most of my working
life I managed the international sales of certain American manufacturers and then for
thirteen years Virginia and I operated our own export business.
Virginia's 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, computer systems analyst, and also participated in our own export
business.
My father, of Portuguese parentage, grew up in Trinidad, a former British colony. My
mother was German and as a young woman went to Peru, where she married my father and
where I was born. During my childhood I lived with my parents in Peru, Colombia and
Germany, My adolescence was spent in Texas. As an adult I have lived mostly in the New
York City area except for two years with the U.S. Army in the Philippines and 15 months
with Virginia in Mexico and Nicaragua. I am Columbia University graduate and took
graduate business courses there and at New York University. During most of my working
life I managed the international sales of certain American manufacturers and then for
thirteen years Virginia and I operated our own export business.
Virginia and Eric Caldeira, 2009
We are the proud parents of three sons and a daughter, all outstanding in their
respective fields.
respective fields.