VWL Lovers & Groupies Thread: Meese-ka, Mice-ka MOOSE-kateers

[tea pot]

Horeselover Corinne and Stopher
Happy and Safe Travels .....Groupie Pics Please

I Book He Pays Enjoy the Magic !

Kat Welcome Back

Blossomz Hope your shoulder is on the mend

Take Groupies

 

[Muushka]

I Book He Pays so nice to hear you are enjoying your 2 week stay at SSR! You must have a photo of every crack and crevice! Enjoy what remains of your trip!

Eliza Many thanks for stopping by to say hello, relate your experience with the tub and share your wonderful pictures of Paris!

Wilderness Dad your trip looks amazing. Pretty nice photos coming off your iphone. Thanks for sharing them with us! All that planning, and already your trip is over.

Horselover, Stopher, and Corinne Even though we're just back, I'm so envious of your approaching trips! Remember your groupie friends back home every once in a while and enjoy yourselves!

Thinking of you blossomz and hoping your shoulder is healing nicely.

DiznyDi stole all my lines!

It is fun catching up with everyone. Welcome home to our Groupie travelers from everywhere.
Trish, I look forward to seeing SOME of your pictures! We are big picture takers in this family too.

WD, a trip in a lifetime (Eliza too). Loving those pictures.

Well all of our company has gone. Our last guests brought their dog with them and our feral cat Lucy is still experiencing the anxiety that came with canine vs feline. Poor cat. She has taken so many years to overcome her fear and after a few short days, most of it came back. But I have a PhD in 'cat whispering' so she should be back to normal soon.

With all of the tornado happenings, I hope all of our Groupies are safe.

Still praying for our dear Ranger Stan.

 

[eliza61]

WOW
Who needs the travel channel when you have Eliza and W Dad

Eliza love love the tub story.... ??? are the natives friendly ???
W Dad those views.... take my breath away !
Looking forward to MORE

The French as a rule are extremely friendly, I think it's more of a cultural difference than any thing else.

The french are way more "formal" than we are here in the States. We enter a store and don't really think of saying hello as we enter, for the French entering a building of any type means a "bonjour" or Bon souir".
As with many European countries the citizens are bilingual but they appreciate an attempt in French.
Remember though Paris is a major city ala NYC, so some times stopping a Parisian for directions maybe met with a quick brusque reply but thats more due to them scurrying off to work or some where, generally they're are many who are quick to offer help with direction.

But one word of warning, the French don't generally smile at strangers so sitting on the metro and smiling at some one is viewed as invitation for company. LOL.

One thing I found very interesting is that "older men" are the "prized" dating catch. The over 40 gentleman is viewed as sexy, knowledgeable and smart. Much of the advertisement is geared toward them. So all my groupie guys, you are definitely a hot tickets.

Arc de Triomphe (sp?)

a metro station

 

[blossomz]

Beautiful! Especially that woman standing in front of the arch!

 

[wildernessDad]

wildnernessDad ~ I love the pictures! Looking forward to reading more about your vacation and seeing photos. Once I get back home and settled in, would you mind if I sent you a PM about the Grand Canyon. We're going to AZ next year two weeks and plan on visiting the GC for two nights.

Sure, no problemo!

 

[franandaj]

Wow! Such amazing pictures from such worldly places! Thanks groupies for taking us to such great places with you! I can't wait to see more!

 

[Granny]

Sorry I haven't been around too much...dodging yet another round of tornadoes the past few days. This is by far the craziest year of disasters for our area in my (substantial) lifetime.

Reminds me of a few years back when Florida kept getting pounded by one hurricane after another. Hopefully this will be like that and ease off in future years.

Thanks for all the amazing photos from far-flung places. Just beautiful!!

Kind of remind me of the spectacular look and feel of Wilderness Lodge.

[see how I kept the thread "on topic"?]

Keep those pix coming!!!

 

[Muushka]

I'm glad you posted Granny, glad that you are all right.

Love that night shot Eliza!

 

[horselover]

Woo Hoo only 1 more sleep! Although considering I need to get up at 2:30 a.m. I may as well just stay up!

Eliza & WD - thank you so much for the beautiful pictures!

WD - I couldn't see the grand canyon one. Did it disappear somehow or is it just me?

Granny - so glad you are safe.

Trish - have a safe trip home. Looking forward to seeing some of your pics.

Stopher & Corrine - wishing you safe travels & fingers crossed we will be able to work out a meet!

Be safe & well my groupie friends! Hope everyone has a great weekend!

 

[tea pot]

Granny
Thanks for letting your Groupie family know your OK

Hope all of your family and friends continue to stay safe
Hang in there
Lifting up so many people affected by these storms up in prayer.

 

[I Book He Pays]

Good Evening Groupies:

Had a beautiful day pool hopping and working on my tan. I think I over did it since I'm a tab bit on the red side. LOL Oh well it was a fun and relaxing day. Can't believe we are going home tomorrow.

tea pot ~ I'm loving the magic every second. Wish it didn't have to end.

Muuskha ~ I hope Lucy will come around soon since your company is gone. Poor baby but I know your magic will help. Good luck.

eliza61 ~ Love the photos... keep them coming.

wildnernessDad ~ Thank you very much!

Granny ~ Glad that you are safe.

horselover ~ Have a wonderful trip!

I'll post some pictures once I get home and settled in. Of course I have plenty of "your home". I tried posting from the laptop but having issues....

Have a great evening and weekend everyone. For those traveling soon... have a awesome vacation!

 

[Corinne]

Woo Hoo only 1 more sleep! Although considering I need to get up at 2:30 a.m. I may as well just stay up!

Stopher & Corrine - wishing you safe travels & fingers crossed we will be able to work out a meet!

Be safe & well my groupie friends! Hope everyone has a great weekend!

I will be up just a tad bid later than you tomorrow! I should be a zombie tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully we will all get together at the MK Sunday night!!

 

[Muushka]

Thank you for the kitty wishes I Book.... today was quite a storm and Lucy ran inside to be with me.

I hope your plane ride home is uneventful

Happy trails HL and Corinne.

 

[GoofyTraci]

Hello peeps,

Just checking in. We have been busy bees over here with the end of year stuff at my sons school. he is graduating from elem and they are having all kinds of parties and events. we leave in 6 days for disney and getting very excited. But I have been so tired the last two days. I had a really weird dream about my son and I eating at disney and getting dessert out of the bathroom?? weird I know bc I am very weird about germs and would never eat anything in a bathroom. anyway weird and then we were jumping over people in the lazy river at the water park.

I dont know maybe I am worrying about too much. Hope everyone in the group is doing ok and is safe. The weather has been so bad and so sad for the people that have been going through so much with the tornadoes and hate to see all of the people that lost their lives. So many young kids too. just sad.

 

[wildernessDad]

WD - I couldn't see the grand canyon one. Did it disappear somehow or is it just me?

Try looking now. I added that one in last so you may have not seen it.

 

[Corinne]

Happy trails HL and Corinne.

Thanks Muush! I am all packed and now comes the fun part ......the anxiety before the flight.

Summer finally arrived here in MA, so I am ready for the Florida heat. Hopefully the Bruins will win tonight and my guys can plan on 2 nights at WDW watching TV! haha!

Will try to check in during the week!

C

 

[Inkmahm]

Great pictures! I've never been to the Grand Canyon but it is definitely on my bucket list. I"m hoping for a time when we are retired and we can drive out west taking out time to see a lot of things. Or, maybe a train trip that takes us to the various parks. That picture of the lobby of the hotel is amazing. I would LOVE to stay there someday.

Paris is a wonderful city. That picture of the Arc looks like it was taken from about a block or two closer than my hotel was to the Arc the last time I stayed in Paris. And you got my favortie gargoyles on Notre Dam! Love them! I also found the people of Paris to be very frendly and helpful. Whenever I had my metro map out figuring out where I wanted to go, people would stop and ask me if I needed help. Always in english, too. I was so obviously a lost American, I guess. There's another cathedral very close to Notre Dam that I can't remember the name of but it was also a beautiful one to see. There really is so much beauty in Paris, it is hard to go wrong.

Things on the home front are getting settled. There is still more work for me do at my old employer so I will be there at least next week and maybe the week after. DH had his last medical tests before surgery and he will have the hernia and the parathyroid surgery on June 10th. Dear FIL is doing great after his colon cancer surgery. He had it on Tuesday and may be able to go home already on Sunday. He still won't know for a week about the lab report for what the cancer stage is but we are hopeful. Please continue to keep us in your prayers along with Ranger Stan and all the rest of us on this list who need them. I firmly believe that they really do help!

 

[Nicoal13]

DS Owen and I at Raglan Road on Mother's Day

My parents at 50s Primetime Cafe

This one makes me laugh. My Dad, fist bump.

DH and Owen at Chef Mickey's

Owen enjoying the ocean at Cocoa Beach

The strawberry smelling Lotso was awesome

Owen and I sharing a chocolate milkshake at WCC

Space Shuttle Endeavor sitting on the launch pad. You can see the orangish brown fuel tank mostly.

 

[wildernessDad]

Great pictures! I've never been to the Grand Canyon but it is definitely on my bucket list. I"m hoping for a time when we are retired and we can drive out west taking out time to see a lot of things. Or, maybe a train trip that takes us to the various parks. That picture of the lobby of the hotel is amazing. I would LOVE to stay there someday.

That picture of the lodge lobby was at the North Rim, not the South Rim. The North Rim has less amenities, but is off the beaten path. It's really a nice place to visit and has some great spots, almost private spots, to see the canyon. We were lucky in that the day we left the north rim, it had started snowing. We got out of there before they received 10 inches of snow!

 

[jimmytammy]

Hey all

I am running into a brick wall trying to get Stans DW on phone, and answering machine is either full or cut off. So if anyone wants his address at home, PM me. Still hoping to catch her to get an update.