Bye, DU! See you in a couple of weeks. My flight leaves Sat. pm.

CTyankee

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Thu May-08-08 03:49 PM
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Bye, DU! See you in a couple of weeks. My flight leaves Sat. pm.

I'll be travelling in Northern Italy. I'll be sad not to be able to visit with y'alls. But I'm glad to get a break from the Endless Primary Season!

I'll toast you Loungers with a glass of Prosecco in St. Mark's Square in Venice...

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DeposeTheBoyKing

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Thu May-08-08 04:39 PM
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1. Have fun! We'll be in Venice on the 15th and 16th!

And Florence on the 21st and 22nd.

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CTyankee

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Thu May-08-08 06:37 PM
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7. I'll miss you. I am in Venice May 21 and 22.

Are you on a tour?

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DeposeTheBoyKing

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Thu May-08-08 06:57 PM
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12. Yes, through Cosmos

We took a very similar tour in November 2005, but this tour will take us to Rome, Capri and Pompeii, which we didn't see before.

I hope you have a wonderful and safe time! Are you on a tour yourself?

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CTyankee

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Thu May-08-08 07:03 PM
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15. Yes, this is my first GoAhead tour. I was scheduled to do their "Walking the Amalfi Coast"

last October but was sidelined by a complication from surgery and laid up for MONTHS. So I shifted my deposit to this trip. I like the trips they have. They have a creative way of designing them and they are VERY cost conscious. But I have to see if they have good enough service.

I am scheduled on my second Smithsonian value priced trip to northern Spain and the Basque Country in late October. I liked the last one I took of theirs so I am hoping this one will be great too.

I'll give a review on DU of this Italy trip when I get back.

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DeposeTheBoyKing

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Thu May-08-08 07:06 PM
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16. Both trips sound terrific - have a wonderful time!

We'll start in London, then take the ferry to Brussels, then go through Germany and Austria into Italy, then to Switzerland, ending up in Paris.

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CTyankee

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Thu May-08-08 07:10 PM
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18. What a great trip! You must be adventuresome!

My mother was like that. It's a great quality to have in your life, IMO.

Hope you have a wonderful time. Somehow I think that you will...

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Parche

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Thu May-08-08 04:42 PM
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2. let Me know How Lufthansa is

:woohoo:

have fun!!!

:hi:

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CTyankee

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Thu May-08-08 06:57 PM
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13. I have high hopes. I didn't dislike Alitalia, which I have flown a few times to Italy.

It's just that I am often nervous about connecting flights and my bag. It can be a royal pain if your bag doesn't make it on time and you are on a scheduled tour...

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Parche

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Thu May-08-08 06:58 PM
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14. guided tour?

Trafalgar, Cosmos, Globus, Brendan???

all of those are super

:hi:

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CTyankee

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Thu May-08-08 07:07 PM
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17. This is GoAhead Tours. They have creative tours that I like the feeling of.

I'll let you know how the tour turns out. I am hoping that this tour, being that it is going where most U.S. tourists don't go (Turin, Bologna, Verona and Venice) will attract more sophisticated tourists.

We'll see....

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Thu May-08-08 04:46 PM
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3. My dear CTyankee!

Have a ball, and take LOTS OF PICS!

See you when you get back...

:hi:

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GreenPartyVoter

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Thu May-08-08 05:01 PM
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4. Have a lovely time! Visit lots of historical sites for me, k? :^D

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CTyankee

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Thu May-08-08 06:45 PM
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8. How about the Cappella degli Scrovegni in Padua to see the Giotto frescoes?

I'll be taking a train from Venice to Padua (about 25 minutes) and seeing this masterpiece. Since I'll be doing it alone, there will only be a tour conducted in Italian. My Italian ain't that great (I had 2 courses in it). But I do have a great art book I am taking along.

My daughter wants me to get her a reproduction of an old map of Venice. Hope I can find that!

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GreenPartyVoter

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Thu May-08-08 06:50 PM
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10. Cool! Good luck finding that map

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NMDemDist2

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Thu May-08-08 05:05 PM
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5. have a fun and safe trip

:hi:

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Haole Girl

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Thu May-08-08 05:12 PM
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6. Avere un viaggio di divertimento!

I think that means "have a fun trip"
in Italian!
:toast:

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CTyankee

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Thu May-08-08 06:51 PM
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11. Si, davvero! Grazie mille.

Edited on Thu May-08-08 06:52 PM by CTyankee

Mi divertiro sul mio viaggio!

Ci vediamo...

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ThomCat

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Thu May-08-08 06:49 PM
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9. Have a Wonderful time!

:hi:

I hope it's a vacation so wonderful that you remember it with a smile for the rest of your life! :)

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