Countdown to your next trip... Part II
Mar 1st, 2010, 04:08 PM
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Ten days in Paris, arriving April 1 on Air France nonstop from SFO. We've been to Paris four or five times, so there's no pressure – just walking, museums, walking, bistros, and streets recommended by Kerouac. I'm a teacher and this is a Spring Break Birthday Celebration.
Mar 5th, 2010, 11:53 AM
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My own very next trip is next Friday to Florida for three nights. Visiting my parents who winter there now, and, my brother will bring his kids down (my niece and nephew) and we will show them the ocean for the first time!
I'm still planning on Italy in May (haven't asked da boss yet) but I'm thinking Paris in April (3 nights) might be out because we are so swamped at work I don't want to push my luck. Eye on the prize is Italy near Memorial Day. I can do a long wkd in Paris or London later in the year...
I'm still planning on Italy in May (haven't asked da boss yet) but I'm thinking Paris in April (3 nights) might be out because we are so swamped at work I don't want to push my luck. Eye on the prize is Italy near Memorial Day. I can do a long wkd in Paris or London later in the year...
Mar 5th, 2010, 12:45 PM
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Leaving May 4 for 4 days in Prague, then 15 days in Paris and finishing this great trip in Nice for 10 days.
I was lucky to be able to use frequent flyer miles for this by booking early.
The planning as usual was fun. Each trip I try to do something different. This trip I am attending opening night at the Paris Ballet and a concert with Jushua Bell.
As usual I can't wait.
I was lucky to be able to use frequent flyer miles for this by booking early.
The planning as usual was fun. Each trip I try to do something different. This trip I am attending opening night at the Paris Ballet and a concert with Jushua Bell.
As usual I can't wait.
Mar 18th, 2010, 05:38 AM
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In a mere 167 days (September) we are off to Poland for a few weeks! Can't wait, Krakow, Bieszczady area and Zakopane. AmyB, wow, will look for your trip report on Russia! We are trying to decide if that should be on our radar screen for future trips.
RNCheryl-I'm with you-love Pasta & Vino and there is no better place than Italy to enjoy it!
Vicky-we hear you on the airfares. We bit the bullet and bought ours. Quit smoking 11 years ago and every time I need to spend more than I like to I remind myself I have a huge cache of savings from no longer smoking
RNCheryl-I'm with you-love Pasta & Vino and there is no better place than Italy to enjoy it!
Vicky-we hear you on the airfares. We bit the bullet and bought ours. Quit smoking 11 years ago and every time I need to spend more than I like to I remind myself I have a huge cache of savings from no longer smoking
Mar 18th, 2010, 06:36 AM
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Next trip will be to Israel May 20-30 with people who have been to Israel before. Tiberias, 2 days. Dead Sea area 1 day last 5 days in Jerusalem.
The couple who I am going with had a potluck dinner for the group who is also going. It was a real preparation for this trip. Also I am also reading tour books, although our tours will be led by a former Captain in the Israeli army.
Next trip just booked last week is a riverboat trip out of Paris Oct. 30-Nov.7. Could not pass up the deal 2 for 1 price -Uniworld. I realize it will be cold at that time,but had enough airmiles also at that time to book for my daughter and myself. Never been on a riverboat trip-only the big cruise ship Solstice to the Greek Isles and Turkey the last of Sept. into Oct. of 2009. Will be an interesting comparasion.
Happy and safe travels to everyone.
Will go to Paris 2 days early before we get on the boat.
Flygirl I have read and reread your trip with your Dad to Normandy and surrounding area which is what we will be doing off the boat.
The couple who I am going with had a potluck dinner for the group who is also going. It was a real preparation for this trip. Also I am also reading tour books, although our tours will be led by a former Captain in the Israeli army.
Next trip just booked last week is a riverboat trip out of Paris Oct. 30-Nov.7. Could not pass up the deal 2 for 1 price -Uniworld. I realize it will be cold at that time,but had enough airmiles also at that time to book for my daughter and myself. Never been on a riverboat trip-only the big cruise ship Solstice to the Greek Isles and Turkey the last of Sept. into Oct. of 2009. Will be an interesting comparasion.
Happy and safe travels to everyone.
Will go to Paris 2 days early before we get on the boat.
Flygirl I have read and reread your trip with your Dad to Normandy and surrounding area which is what we will be doing off the boat.
Mar 18th, 2010, 07:10 AM
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I'm surprising my wife with a trip at the end of June for our 25th anniversary. She thinks we're going back east to visit family, but when we touch down on the east coast we'll actually be transferring to another plane. We'll fly to Paris for 10 nights, with a quick one night trip to Venice. Then we'll take the train down to Avignon, get a rental, and spend 5 nights in St. Remy. After that we're going to drive up through the Rhone and Burgandy wine regions, spend two nights in Beaunne, and then finally drive back to CDG.
We've both been to Paris many times, but almost always in the winter, so I'm really looking forward to being outdoors in the parks and jardins, good meals, etc. We've been to most of the museums that we'd want to see, so the focus will be on smaller, quirkier places and the things that we've put off over the years. I can't wait!
We've both been to Paris many times, but almost always in the winter, so I'm really looking forward to being outdoors in the parks and jardins, good meals, etc. We've been to most of the museums that we'd want to see, so the focus will be on smaller, quirkier places and the things that we've put off over the years. I can't wait!
Mar 18th, 2010, 07:48 AM
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When and where is next trip? 19 weeks from today DD, DH and I leave for a 13 night trip to England and Wales. It's an early graduation present from college for DD--and we used DH's FF miles for "free" (there are still those pesky fees and tax!) airline tickets!
What am I doing to prepare? Last fall I spent hours here, on the internet,and with guidebooks figuring out an itinerary that would work FOR US. I love doing this preparation to tailor make a plan for our unique needs, while learning from and listening to reliable advice. (When I posted the itinerary here for some feedback, just as I suspected, I was advised it involves too much driving per day and too much moving around--but this is the trip I've designed for the 3 of us, this summer, with our available time, with our 3 wish-lists combined. We'll have to make adjustments, but we're prepared for that.) I also secured all the rooms (all BandB's except for 2 nights, one at a hotel using reward/points and one for the last night near LHR for a very early flight). Made arrangements for rental car, and bought Great Britain Heritage Passes. I still play around with maps and possible schedules, and I'm reading this Forum often.
What am I most looking forward to? Time there with both DD AND DH (been there with each before). A not-so-packed agenda in London. Oxford again. Little village where a distant relative was born. Wales, if only for 2 days. Several castles and the city walls of Conwy, Carlisle, and York. Hadrian's Wall. Showing Dover to DD.
(What am I NOT looking forward to?--encountering much-predicted horrible traffic and having to scrap seeing things on the way from point a to point b! But we are going forewarned!)
What am I doing to prepare? Last fall I spent hours here, on the internet,and with guidebooks figuring out an itinerary that would work FOR US. I love doing this preparation to tailor make a plan for our unique needs, while learning from and listening to reliable advice. (When I posted the itinerary here for some feedback, just as I suspected, I was advised it involves too much driving per day and too much moving around--but this is the trip I've designed for the 3 of us, this summer, with our available time, with our 3 wish-lists combined. We'll have to make adjustments, but we're prepared for that.) I also secured all the rooms (all BandB's except for 2 nights, one at a hotel using reward/points and one for the last night near LHR for a very early flight). Made arrangements for rental car, and bought Great Britain Heritage Passes. I still play around with maps and possible schedules, and I'm reading this Forum often.
What am I most looking forward to? Time there with both DD AND DH (been there with each before). A not-so-packed agenda in London. Oxford again. Little village where a distant relative was born. Wales, if only for 2 days. Several castles and the city walls of Conwy, Carlisle, and York. Hadrian's Wall. Showing Dover to DD.
(What am I NOT looking forward to?--encountering much-predicted horrible traffic and having to scrap seeing things on the way from point a to point b! But we are going forewarned!)
Mar 20th, 2010, 03:21 AM
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*Where is your next trip and how many days until you leave?*
Leaving for Italy (trip length - almost 3 weeks, hitting Venice, Florence, Sorrento and Rome (with 2 nights at the beginning in Switzerland)) in 9 days.
*What are you most looking forward to doing or seeing?*
Hard to say, it could be:
1. Standing in the Pantheon, a building that was standing 1400! years before the first permanent settlement was established in my home country.
2. Gelato, Gelato, Gelato!
3. Standing in St. Mark's Square in Venice at night.
4. Strolling among the ruins of Pompei.
I could go on all day, better to ask me after I come back!
*What have you been doing to prepare? (reading books, taking language classes, watching movies...)*
I took an Italian language class, which while hardly making me bilingual, did allow me to gain enough vocabulary to communicate a little, plus enough understanding of how to pronounce things in Italian to use a phrasebook successfully. (Or so I believe)
Also, I have downloaded a bunch of lectures on Roman Architecture from Open Yale (and bought the texts that come with them, so have been doing the reading assignments that come with each lecture). Kind of dry in places, but still I am learning a fair bit.
Watched Roman Holiday.
Yesterday, I butchered my guidebooks to Roman and Florence, so I have day sized pieces I can take with me with guides to the attractions I am seeing on a particular day.
Leaving for Italy (trip length - almost 3 weeks, hitting Venice, Florence, Sorrento and Rome (with 2 nights at the beginning in Switzerland)) in 9 days.
*What are you most looking forward to doing or seeing?*
Hard to say, it could be:
1. Standing in the Pantheon, a building that was standing 1400! years before the first permanent settlement was established in my home country.
2. Gelato, Gelato, Gelato!
3. Standing in St. Mark's Square in Venice at night.
4. Strolling among the ruins of Pompei.
I could go on all day, better to ask me after I come back!
*What have you been doing to prepare? (reading books, taking language classes, watching movies...)*
I took an Italian language class, which while hardly making me bilingual, did allow me to gain enough vocabulary to communicate a little, plus enough understanding of how to pronounce things in Italian to use a phrasebook successfully. (Or so I believe)
Also, I have downloaded a bunch of lectures on Roman Architecture from Open Yale (and bought the texts that come with them, so have been doing the reading assignments that come with each lecture). Kind of dry in places, but still I am learning a fair bit.
Watched Roman Holiday.
Yesterday, I butchered my guidebooks to Roman and Florence, so I have day sized pieces I can take with me with guides to the attractions I am seeing on a particular day.
Mar 20th, 2010, 07:56 AM
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<<Yesterday, I butchered my guidebooks to Roman and Florence, so I have day sized pieces I can take with me with guides to the attractions I am seeing on a particular day.>>
I photocopy them, take the copies with me and toss after using. My guide books remain in tact for reference in putting my photo albums together.
I photocopy them, take the copies with me and toss after using. My guide books remain in tact for reference in putting my photo albums together.
Mar 23rd, 2010, 09:56 AM
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Greece 6 weeks from today...Athens 3 nights, Mykonos 3 nights, Santorini 4 nights... devoured 5 books on Greece...can't wait for the Greece sunshine, the ruins, the history, the blue waters, the great time with good friends .
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Mar 23rd, 2010, 10:26 AM
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I am leaving in 24 more days (April 17) for Italy. I will be there for 18 days covering Rome (with a day trip to Bomarzo to see the Parco dei Mostri), then Spoleto and Assisi, Torino (I have a reservation to see The Holy Shroud of Turin) and onto Venice.
I have been putting my itinerary into Trip It which has been wonderful as it provides maps and a concise daily itinerary with confirmation numbers, etc. Trip it also allows me to kind of organize my trip and so I can get an overall view of where there are open slots and what my daily schedules look like. I have also been making any necessary reservations (museums, etc). I have also been brushing up on my Italian via Rosetta Stone and making a list of questions as I am taking private language lessons while in Rome.
Though this will be my seventh trip to Italy, I am as excited as I was on the first. I am looking forward to the food, the people, the sights, and all of the magical moments that happen when you open your heart and your spirit on your travels. I look forward to all that my travels wikll teach me about myself and about the world around me.
I have been putting my itinerary into Trip It which has been wonderful as it provides maps and a concise daily itinerary with confirmation numbers, etc. Trip it also allows me to kind of organize my trip and so I can get an overall view of where there are open slots and what my daily schedules look like. I have also been making any necessary reservations (museums, etc). I have also been brushing up on my Italian via Rosetta Stone and making a list of questions as I am taking private language lessons while in Rome.
Though this will be my seventh trip to Italy, I am as excited as I was on the first. I am looking forward to the food, the people, the sights, and all of the magical moments that happen when you open your heart and your spirit on your travels. I look forward to all that my travels wikll teach me about myself and about the world around me.
Apr 8th, 2010, 11:46 AM
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Maryanne, that's great, I am glad my TR was helpful. Let us know how it goes!
glenmd is on his trip already. We have some folks heading out soon, too.
We're 6 weeks out from Italy and Switzerland, hurray! 6 weeks from tomorrow...
glenmd is on his trip already. We have some folks heading out soon, too.
We're 6 weeks out from Italy and Switzerland, hurray! 6 weeks from tomorrow...
