January

January 18, 2025

Hour 1 Guest: Sir Narcy Calamatta: Citizen & Resident of Malta, historian on all-things-Maltese, author, award-winning film actor, TV actor, playwright, screenplay writer, film & play producer, wit, humorist, twice knighted, all-around amazing and kind gentleman, and cute as a button joins travel expert Stephanie Abrams for a merry romp! And the go to our homepage and click on Travel TV WITH Stephanie Abrams to watch Episode 1 called, “Magnificent Malta: Gem of the Mediterranean.” You’ll enjoy a wonderful visit to Malta get to meet Sir Narcy Calamatta in person as he guides us through the Cathedral of St. John, a truly amazing place that you must visit. You’ll also get to see the capital city off Valetta, tour around Malta’s historic sites and beaches, visit the island of Gozo and meet the famous cheesemaker there whose “manufacturing” process is situated in an historic stone cavernous space! It’s a marvelous experience you won’t want to miss. But let’s start with listening in on my chat with Narcy. . . whom you will love!

Hour 2 Guest: Richard Ashby, Jr., Director,  co-founder and director of LiteracyNation, and president of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and Director of the Sharon Hill Public Library in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania, USA. You’ll enjoy our chat about how to add visits to libraries into your road trips in the US and abroad! You can get so much more out of your visit anywhere with a stop at the local libraries en route. And some libraries have unusual offerings like free passes to state parks and other attractions that you can use as well as events and marvelous distractions and attractions for every person traveling with you regardless of their age! Tune in to find out more.. . Just click below!

Hour 3 Guests: A unique visit with ‘passengers’ of the Dunbrody Famine Ship docked in New Ross, County Wexford in which Mrs. White and Mrs. O’Brien, two of the tour guides at the Dunbrody Experience, who are immersed in the character of actual passengers on the Dunbrody, tell their personal stories portrayed by local actors. The CEO and prime-mover at the Dunbrody at the time was Sean Reidy. Fundraising to build this accurate reproduction of the Dunbrody was spearheaded by Jean Kennedy Smith, sister of President John F. Kennedy, who was Ambassador to Ireland appointed by JFK. Sean Reidy was responsible for raising funds to rebuild and reimagine the Visitors Centre at the Dunbrody Famine Ship which he accomplished in spite of severely adverse economic conditions in Ireland and the world!

Next, we’re off to Mexico’s Riviera Nayarit to learn about the tigers who live at El Tigre Golf Course with Jesus Carmona. Stephanie shares her experience holding, snuggling and feeding a 10 day old baby tiger during this visit. Then off to the Four Seasons Resort in Punta Mita wrapping up the Riviera Nayarit visit! What an hour!