Travel Stories

May 11, 2022

Joy Winkie Viola

Travel Stories

A dynamic speaker, Joy is a global traveler who has slept with a Motmot, dined with Sheiks in Saudi Arabia, been face to face with a Polar Bear and eaten Whichetty Grub soup in Australia, She has just published a book of adventure and humor, From Schnitzel to Nockerln And Everything That Happened In Between which draws from her diaries in Kenya, Trinidad and Tobago, India, China, Saudi Arabia, The Galapagos Islands, Australia, Cuba, the Canadian Wilderness and Western United States.

An octogenarian, Joy is the oldest member of the Rotary Club of Weston and Wayland. To the left Joy (on the right) autographed her book for Rotarian Patty MacNeil.

Still traveling, Joy stresses the importance of getting out of one’s comfort zone and not letting age deter you from pursuing your dreams.