I leave tonight by Eurostar and sleeper for Berlin, and shall have three weeks or so in Berlin, Warsaw, the Baltic states, Torun, and Belgium. I have to amit that reading travel fora will not be my top priority, though I might find a cybercafe it it rains.<BR><BR>Ben Haines, London

Have a wonderful time,Ben.<BR>You will be missed

Bon Voyage!

Mr. Haines:<BR>Have a grand time! I look forward to your return and more info from you. I will be in your lovely city in October!

Hope you have a most pleasant trip..and I do hope you'll share it with us on your return.

Have a delightful time Ben!!!

Don't forget to keep us up to date on the night-trains! When you get back, give us the run-down.<BR>Shannon

Ben: Hope you have a wonderful holiday. Look forward to hearing about your adventures.<BR><BR>j

Ben - Don't forget to pack a pareau!!

Mr. Haines, I hope you have a lovely trip & the weather cooperates fully with your plans. I also hope you'll choose to share some information about your trip when you return.<BR><BR>Best Wishes,<BR>BC

<BR>Mr. Haines, have a great time!<BR><BR>Myriam from Belgium

Have a wonderful trip. Looking forward to hear from you after you return.<BR>Art<BR>

Enjoy your trip Ben!

do you think he saw my posting about the pareau before he left? I won't be able to sleep tonight thinking about it.

Mr Haines I hope you have a wonderful time. I also predict that you will read this before you return.<BR>Tell me if I'm right.<BR>

Who's in charge while you're away?<BR>

<BR>Bon voyage!<BR><BR>Hope you will share your impression with us.<BR><BR>Judy

And he has! in more ways than one!<BR><BR>Although his five posts from this trip have been topped, it might be worthwhile to assemble the URLs all in one place.<BR><BR>Perhaps the thread "Ben Haines quoted in Nat'l Geo Traveler!"<BR><BR>http://www.fodors.com/forums/pgMessages.jsp?fid=2&tid=1386339<BR><BR>would be a fitting place.<BR><BR>Ever his admirer...<BR><BR>Best wishes,<BR><BR>Rex<BR>

I had been on my travels a week when I landed in a very pleasant flat in Riga, with use of the net connection. I thought I might just look up what had happened to correspondences that I had written on, and there was this set of good wishes. Really, you people are remarkable. And I can say that your good wishes worked well: I had a very pleasant trip. Now what we have to see is whether I have the time and energy to write travel notes for the second week, Riga, Kaunas, Torun, Berlin (where I was yesterday).<BR><BR>Ben Haines, back home<BR>

Ben<BR><BR>Interesting to note your popularity! Welcome back. I'd love to share notes with you, I flew from England to Finland in March and made my way via St Petersburg, Tallinn, Vilnius, Riga and Krakow to Berlin, where I returned, somewhat exhausted. Most rewarding travelling of my life, however.<BR><BR>