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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:50 AM Original message |
If you love to travel to foreign lands, now's the time to do it! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. Cool! |
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Windy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. Good for you!!!! We have also sacrificed on things to travel. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I really want to go back to Florence next spring. I was looking at the deals to Florence |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
3. We are thinking about Iceland this Summer |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Went to Iceland a few years back with the kids |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. I looked into that because I heard they have super bargains on lodging, etc, but |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. My wife's leaving for a month in europe next week - it sure don't look cheap to me. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Europe is not cheap once you are there. But I have heard of some fantastic |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. I'm leaving on a jet plane |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
7. People can also look into flying for free as an Air Courier. It's usually just overnight though |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
8. I'm kind of stuck here at the moment, but Europe |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Wow, that's good to know! I was in Northern Italy last spring and Northern Spain last fall and I |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
10. kick |
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yy4me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
11. I sure would like to go back but that is not in the cards. No $$$. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Oh, bless your heart! Thank you so much for sharing your experience! |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
12. I tend to think it is still too dangerous to travel... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Only if you act like an ugly American |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. I was very surprised that people on my Sicily trip actually trooped off the tour bus |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. You need to actually travel |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Yes, the right-wing propaganda machine wants you to stay home |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I haven't found it in Italy or Spain. If anything, I think they like us a whole lot better now |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. Only if you act like an idiot |
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yy4me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. We have blown the "anti-American" thing way out of proportion. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
14. A friend went on a cruise on the Mediterranean last summer on an American cruise |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Also, if you like inclusive tours |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Tours are good if you are going to several places and don't want the bother of schlepping stuff |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. To me, that's a disincentive. I want to eat in local restaurants when I travel. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. The price of restaurants, even in the smallest places was exceptionally high |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. It's great that she got to go. A dear friend and neighbor of mine took a long |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
23. Don't forget Eastern Europe |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I'm looking into a Prague, Budapest, Vienna art program for a future trip. |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. All three cities are beautiful |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
25. trying to get some $$$$ together now... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
33. I dunno, with the dollar so low, I wonder how much you'd really end up saving. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. The dollar isn't low compared to one year ago. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. It's a problem but really, I don't care. It is what it is. I want to go to Europe. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Enjoy |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
37. Plus we have a President whom people like now, in the rest of the world! n/t |
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