Just curious. <BR>

I agree...we could use a dose of Elvira. This forum is currently lacking "pleasantry" with all the accusations and mudslinging. <BR> <BR>Elvira, if you read this please make up a trip report, tell us a story, or describe in your "famous" detail what you had for breakfast yesterday...give us something. <BR> <BR>Thanks, <BR>j.

I agree. It's been much too long. <BR> <BR>I also agree, just make up something, anything! Maybe Elvira should have a weekly column so we don't suffer from withdrawals!

Author: elvira ([email protected]) <BR>Date: 7/20/1999, 12:44 pm ET <BR> <BR>Message: If you read the 'included' list on tours, you'll see something like "16 meals included"...on a 10 day trip. I figure that's 30 meals (more or less) so there are at least 10 meals you must pay for. Figure $25 per meal, so there's another $250. "optional excursion" means another $10-30 for a sightseeing tour. When I priced out our trip to France this year (no profit, it's what I do for the Loons), I included EVERYTHING (all meals, all transportation, every boat ride, canoe rental, museum admission, etc.) and it came to about what the tours were charging...but there were no extras that will crop up later. <BR>

Maybe Elvira has a *life*? <BR> <BR>The above was, while not "entertaining", an example of the care that people like Elvira take with their posts.

Having said that ... Come back Elvira and make us laugh