What an incredible journey! Your courage and adventurous spirit are truly inspiring, especially embarking on your first solo international trip after seventy years. It's wonderful to hear you found kindred spirits and enriching experiences despite the unexpected challenges. Here's to many more adventures and questioning everything! I can totally relate to your experiences of airports, I do find being your best slave self is the way to get through the humiliation - at least you didn't have to remove your shoes. My husband is in a wheelchair and practically gets assaulted when we travel.