{"id":4,"date":"2018-11-27T09:16:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T09:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldbroadandapassport.com\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2022-12-12T08:57:50","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T08:57:50","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oldbroadandapassport.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4\" class=\"elementor elementor-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c50838b elementor-section-height-full elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"c50838b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55b0429\" data-id=\"55b0429\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3428592 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3428592\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\nWe are never too old for dreams to take flight. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-453e782 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-absolute e-transform elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"453e782\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;,&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">travel stories from an old broad and a passport<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-01ffef0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"01ffef0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0aa0836\" data-id=\"0aa0836\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f74e60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f74e60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 100; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Monda, sans-serif; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000005; stroke-width: 0px; stroke: #000005; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.98) 0px 0px 0px; text-align: center;\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\">ARE YOU DREAMING OF TRAVEL?<br>ARE YOU TRAVELING VICARIOUSLY?<br>IS THERE AN ADVENTUROUS, KICK-ASS, WORLD TRAVELLING DIVA IN YOU WHO IS SCREAMING TO GET OUT THERE?<\/h2>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><span style=\"background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4); font-size: 1rem;\">That was me once. Now here I am, with my own blog!&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 19.2pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">Which, I might add, I did on my own. It only took 8 months, a few hundred viewings of YouTube &#8220;how to&#8221; videos and cursing in a variety of languages. (one should always learn a few key words before travelling to another country &#8211; like please, thank you, where is the toilet and local speak for &amp;^%^^&amp;&amp; &#8211; helpful when you need to balance yourself a stand-up toilet late into a rough 3rd class 12-hour train ride)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 19.2pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">My learning curve also required the occasional glass of wine, a lot of whining to my amazingly patient friends, and frequent consumption of chocolate &#8211; but here it is! And I did not call my brilliant sons even once to rescue me from the website design hell I had placed myself into<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 19.2pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">Oh &#8211; and in case you are wondering about the name of my blog. Many years ago, I was travelling with a group of much younger people, when one particularly mouthy young male made a statement about the ability of this &#8220;old broad&#8221; to undertake the trip. Challenge accepted! This &#8220;old broad&#8221; out-did, out-lasted and out-cursed him (in Hindi no less! See? Learning a bit of the language is good thing).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 19.2pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">The term &#8220;old broad&#8221; became a badge of honor, which I wear proudly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><br><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2700226 elementor-button-info elementor-align-right elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2700226\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/oldbroadandapassport.com\/?page_id=1398\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Blog<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44dbc14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44dbc14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">MY LATEST STORIES<\/span><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f8efdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-ucaddon_post_blocks\" data-id=\"9f8efdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ucaddon_post_blocks.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- start Post Blocks -->\n\t\t<link id='font-awesome-css' href='https:\/\/oldbroadandapassport.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/unlimited-elements-for-elementor\/assets_libraries\/font-awesome6\/fontawesome-all.min.css' type='text\/css' rel='stylesheet' >\n\t\t<link id='font-awesome-4-shim-css' href='https:\/\/oldbroadandapassport.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/unlimited-elements-for-elementor\/assets_libraries\/font-awesome6\/fontawesome-v4-shims.min.css' type='text\/css' rel='stylesheet' >\n\n<style>\/* widget: Post Blocks *\/\n\n#uc_post_blocks_elementor_9f8efdd {\n    display:grid;\n}\n#uc_post_blocks_elementor_9f8efdd .ue_post_blocks_box\n{\n  overflow:hidden;\n}\n\n#uc_post_blocks_elementor_9f8efdd .ue_post_blocks_image\n{\n  overflow:hidden;\n}\n#uc_post_blocks_elementor_9f8efdd .ue_post_blocks_image img\n{\n  object-fit: cover;\n  object-position:center center;\n  width:100%;\n  display:block;\n}\n#uc_post_blocks_elementor_9f8efdd .ue_post_blocks_link a\n{\n  display:inline-block;\n  text-decoration:none;\n  text-align:center;\n}\n\n #uc_post_blocks_elementor_9f8efdd .ue_post_blocks_box img\n{\n  transition:0.5s;\n}\n #uc_post_blocks_elementor_9f8efdd .ue_post_blocks_box:hover img\n{\n  transform:scale(1.1,1.1);\n}\n\n\n\n\n#uc_post_blocks_elementor_9f8efdd .ue-grid-item-meta-data\n{\n  display:inlin-flex;\n  flex-wrap: wrap;\n}\n\n.ue-grid-item-meta-data\n{\n  font-size:12px;\n}\n\n#uc_post_blocks_elementor_9f8efdd .ue-grid-item-meta-data-icon\n{\n  line-height:1em;\n}\n\n#uc_post_blocks_elementor_9f8efdd .ue-grid-item-meta-data-icon svg\n{\n  width:1em;\n  height:1em;\n}\n\n\n.ue-grid-item-category a\n{\n  display:inline-block;\n  font-size:10px;\n  text-transform:uppercase;\n}\n\n<\/style>\n\n<div id=\"uc_post_blocks_elementor_9f8efdd\" class=\"ue_post_blocks uc-items-wrapper\" >\n    <div class=\"ue_post_blocks_box\">\n    <div class=\"ue_post_blocks_image\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/oldbroadandapassport.com\/?p=2461\" style=\"display:block;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oldbroadandapassport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20220220_153854-scaled-e1671895478821-768x657.jpg\"  src=\"https:\/\/oldbroadandapassport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20220220_153854-scaled-e1671895478821-768x657.jpg\" alt=\"20220220_153854\" width=\"768\" height=\"657\"><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_post_blocks_content\">\n      \n     \n         \n    <div class=\"ue_post_blocks_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oldbroadandapassport.com\/?p=2461\">Your inner child....<\/a><\/div>    \n        \n    \n    <div class=\"ue_post_blocks_text\">\u2026 Will love the journey to the \u201cofficial\u201d home of Joulupukki! 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Yes, the...<\/div>    <div class=\"ue_post_blocks_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oldbroadandapassport.com\/?p=2379\" class=\"\">Read More<\/a><\/div>  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Post Blocks -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51af88c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51af88c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a9a69dd\" data-id=\"a9a69dd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-903dcf2 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"903dcf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/n\">I was well into my 50's before my adventures started!<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c07d6ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c07d6ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Like so many women of a &#8220;certain age&#8221;, I spent a lot of time dreaming about travel without actually going anywhere. Then one day I did the unthinkable. I decided I would be that kick-ass adventurous woman I dreamt of being. So, I got a passport, bought a backpack and booked a flight to Nepal &#8211; And promptly went in to panic mode. You can read all about it in my blog post <strong>&#8220;<\/strong>My First Time&#8221;, linked below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1850301 elementor-align-center elementor-mobile-align-right elementor-widget-mobile__width-auto elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1850301\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:700}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/oldbroadandapassport.com\/?p=2173\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-flushed\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">MY FIRST TIME<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86288b3 e-grid-align-right elementor-shape-rounded elementor-grid-0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-social-icons\" data-id=\"86288b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"social-icons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-social-icons-wrapper elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-instagram elementor-animation-pulse elementor-repeater-item-9b2ea34\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/oldbroadandacamera\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Instagram<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-instagram\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c604d49 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c604d49\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-db54639\" data-id=\"db54639\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb8d721 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fb8d721\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Upcoming travel<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38df08c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38df08c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It was a cold and stormy night (really, it was!) and this old broad got a little bored.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t feel like working out (surprise, surprise!) and I had eaten all the chocolate in the house. 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