NejTheLion
Jellyfish Jen
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- Dec 9, 2002
So what's this I'm hearing about a costume party? Is there something new I should be adding to my packing list?
Lindsay and I just booked our flights! We're flying on SkyMiles and the direct to Heathrow we wanted went up in "price" so I had to get a flight through Detroit while the getting was good.
Has anyone on the trip thought about what to do after the 2 nights at DLP? We're not flying home until Friday thinking it was a waste to go back on Wednesday. No way we'd be going to work the next day anyway.
We went to Epernay following our Knights and Lights adventure last year and had a fantastic time.
Is there any chance we could get to Normandy to see the beaches during any of our OYO time in Paris?
Your OYO time in Paris is measured in hours.
This is one of the reasons I didn't want to go to Versailles. I wanted more OYO time in Paris.
Normandy is approximately 125 miles from Paris.
You would not have time to get there, see what you wanted to see and get back to Paris unless your drastically alter the tour schedule....which you can do if you are willing to miss the things that are part of the scheduled tour (like the day at Versailles).
Gotcha, thanks Kevin.
What kind of day do you have planned in Paris on the Versailles day? My wife wants to do Versailled but I kinda want to see more Paris.
All I can say at this point is....I have no intention of going to Versailles on this Adventure either.
We are hoping to offer an alternative, but at this point we don't have specifics.
If that isn't what you want, you can always do what we did last year.
Hire a car and an English speaking driver and make up your own itinerary.
I had done some research (Okay...I've been doing research on Paris since I was 6) and I had a list of places I wanted to go.
5 of us spent the day visiting those places and as I've said previously.....it might be the best day of my life.
Hope that helps.
I second what Jack said. The highlight for me of Versailles was Pete going off course in the golf cart and it shutting down. His navigator was of no help
We'll probably be tasting anywhere between Epernay and Reims. Did you visit any champagne houses? Any you would recommend either because of the tasting experience or a great tour?
I wrote a blog about our day in Epernay. There's a link to it in a post somewhere..... We visited an amazing champagne house. I see you are on the upcoming podcast cruise, if you want more info, let me know and we can chat.
ABD will book exactly the flight you ask them to, at exactly the price you see (assuming it's still available when you call them). ABD does not have any special arrangements with the airlines like DCL does. They're basically just acting like a TA for you, booking whatever you want. They will research it for you, and propose a ticket, like any TA would do, but it might not be as good a deal as you could get if you found the ticket yourself and then called ABD with it.Hey do most people book airfare themselves or do you get a quote through ABD? I know which flight i will book just trying to decide if it is worth it to book through ABD assuming it is the same price. If ABD is more expensive then obviously i will book it myself.
Thanks
I second what Jack said. The highlight for me of Versailles was Pete going off course in the golf cart and it shutting down. His navigator was of no help
I'm sorry I missed that spectacle. I was on the Tour de Versailles bike ride. I saw all the French people snickering at me as I was returning the bike.