TXTransplant
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- Jun 28, 2012
At first glance of the pics (before I read your text), I thought you were in Rothenburg! The similarities are striking!
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glad you enjoyed Provins. For anyone visiting DLP, Provins is an easy day trip using very good, reliable public transit for 2 euros each way right from the bus stop at DLP. It is a great way to see the French countryside and see a 12th century medieval town/castle. It makes an execelllent 1/2 day trip. Elaine
Cousin Orville-How far in advance did you book the DLP trip? It sounds like you got a great deal and I'm looking at my trip for next summer that I'm planning. It's a solo trip to Paris and I wanted to add a couple days at DLP.
I booked Jan 20th. I checked and the promotion was up to 2 nights free (which is what we got). Not sure what the minimum number of nights required was.
Love the Audi photos! The R8 is my dream car
Wow, only 10? It will be an interesting dynamic. The pictures from the hike are beautiful.
The R8 is one of my favorites too. They actually have a special tour that focuses just on the R8 manufacturing, but it too was not available. Not sure when you can book that or how far in advance. But they did have several R8's there.
Only 10. The smallest group I've been on. I would guess ABD will cut back on it's Germany dates in the future. Maybe it's a combination of current events in Germany and Europe and possibly guests choosing the River cruise over land based Germany. Just my guess. Photo stops are faster, and you're always near the same guests on tours and at dinner. It's an interesting change. There's only 2 other kids aside from my DS. One 10yo and one 15yo. Overall it's nice though. Small but still feels like ABD.
When I was dealing with ABD last year, trying to find out if our trip would go or not, I wondered if this trip just doesn't hold the interest that it used to. If I'm not mistaken, this was one of the original ABDs, and the itinerary hasn't changed much at all. Given that much of ABD's business is eepeat customers, maybe they've already done this trip? With all of the new itineraries and the adjustments to the old ones, Germany may just be getting lost in the crowd, so to speak.
I have to repeat the surprise at only 10 Adventurers! I'm really surprised they still ran the trip. That may be the smallest I've heard of, but good to know they don't always cancel for low numbers. Did you have last minute cancellations in your tour group because of the recent terrorist attacks? I personally love the smaller groups, and having 2 Adventure guides for 10 people is a pretty awesome ratio. Will be anxious to hear what your thoughts are on a group that small--and your son's, too.
Oh I hope they don't cancel this trip. It's on my list of ABDs. One of our fellow passengers on the river cruise mentioned that this was her favorite ABD and she'd been on 5 others. Loving your trip report and looking forward to your thoughts. Thank for sharing and taking us with you!