A recent article in the London Daily Express recommends 45 minutes of intense exercise as the best way to prevent seniors from fading mentally. Additionally, as we at travel4seniors.com always emphasize, getting up from the couch and roaming the world for days and weeks is even more effective.

Of course, air travel today has enough mental stress to cause dementia in wanderers of all ages. There’s also the confusion of running for planes, trains and buses, roaming dangerous foreign streets, overpriced cafes, spooky museums and strolling barefoot on broken bottle beaches.

So, next time you roam away from home, add regular daily exercise to your wanderings. Before you leave the hotel, do 30 minutes in the gym and/or laps in the pool. In big cities, instead to hailing taxis for short hops, do at least an hour of walking every day. And, of course, if the café you’re visiting features active native dances, be sure to join in on the fun and exercise of it all.