The waiter emerged from the Ljubljana restaurant with a smile. Cary D. Lowe and his wife Trish Butler were at the bottom of several steps leading to what had been recommended as the best seafood place in Slovenia’s capital, staring at an insurmountable barrier. Trish’s mobility scooter wasn’t going up those stairs.

“Do you want to come in?” the waiter asked.

“We’d like to, but we can’t get up these stairs,” Cary replied.

The waiter delivered what would become the couple’s favorite travel phrase: “Stairs are no problem.”

He disappeared inside and returned with three colleagues. The four men picked up Trish and her 70-pound scooter, carried them up the steps, and seated them for what turned out to be an excellent dinner. When the couple finished eating, the same crew carried her back d

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