Accessible Wisconsin Travel
Complete Guide for Wheelchair Users, Seniors & Families
REFUSING TO WAIT
Accessible Travel After Medical Challenges With Detailed Measurements, Honest Assessments, and Zero Inspirational BS
accessible international travel
I’m 68. Five falls in five years. Variable mobility. My husband is 70 with four joint replacements.
We’re planning an 8-week journey from Wisconsin to our grandparents’ village in Abruzzo, Italy – with stops in Ireland and Switzerland.
If we can plan complex accessible international travel, you can too.
START HERE: OUR COMPLETE STORY
Why I Went Kayaking in 42-Degree Water This Morning
The complete story: Five falls, one flying puppy, stair recovery, and refusing to wait for perfect conditions.
WHAT YOU GET HERE
Unlike generic travel blogs that say “wheelchair accessible” and call it done, we provide:
No stock photos. No inspirational quotes. No generic advice.
OUR IRELAND → ITALY JOURNEY August 2026
We’re documenting every detail of our 8-week European journey:
Ireland accessibility (first-timers at 68 & 70)
Zurich to Milan scenic train (with joint replacements)
Working with professional ancestry researchers in Abruzzo
Visiting our grandparents’ village (probably falling on cobblestones)
Pursuing Italian dual citizenship
All the accessibility wins, failures, and reality checks
ABOUT US
I’m Mary, 68, and this is my husband (70).
We live in Wisconsin (15,000 lakes – we moved here for them) and Austin, Texas.
After 20 years of medical challenges – mission field illness, our son’s recovery (10 years sober!), four joint replacements, five falls, and one flying puppy – we refuse to wait for perfect conditions.
This August, we’re traveling to my grandparents’ village in Abruzzo, Italy—following years of ancestry research and working with professional researchers based there.
We document everything with obsessive detail because someone needs actual measurements, not marketing fluff.
GET ACCESSIBLE TRAVEL GUIDES
+ OUR ITALY JOURNEY UPDATES
- Detailed accessibility measurements (actual numbers)
- Honest hotel reviews (reality vs. marketing)
- Safety protocols (learned from five falls)
- Real-time updates from our Ireland → Italy journey
- Professional ancestry research insights
No spam. No generic tips. Just honest, detailed, actually-useful accessible travel information.