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CTyankee

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24. Road Scholar ought to pay me for all the free advertising I give them...

Reply to uppityperson (Reply #18)

Sun Jun 1, 2014, 03:53 PM

Jun 2014

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I've been on 5 of their trips...everything else is priced out of my market...

I curated a trip to Brussels in 2012 on my own...based in Brussels, trained to Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp. Saw all the fabulous art, Michelangelo's Bruges Madonna, Van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece and Rubens Elevation of the Cross and companion Descent from the Cross... and visited the art nouveau sections of town...great French restaurants in Brussels. Nice people...everyone spoke English and ate waffles in paper sacks on the streets...

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France Rail Pass [View all] uppityperson Jun 2014 OP

I'd like to visit some of the fabulous cathedrals CTyankee Jun 2014 #1

Great site, thank you uppityperson Jun 2014 #2

Be still, my heart! CTyankee Jun 2014 #3

What are you doing in August? uppityperson Jun 2014 #5

Boy, I wish! CTyankee Jun 2014 #8

The country is on Holiday so one must be careful about scheduling tours of places? uppityperson Jun 2014 #16

some restaurants and other businesses close for vacation...I don't know about public CTyankee Jun 2014 #22

Got it, thank you. uppityperson Jun 2014 #23

Go underneath the cathedrals and see the Black Isis/Madonnas that are still there Hestia Jun 2014 #4

Under which cathedrals? I like to see the catacombs and whatever saint bit of bone they have, not uppityperson Jun 2014 #6

Marseille elleng Jun 2014 #7

This is a Road Scholar trip I am contemplating taking... CTyankee Jun 2014 #9

yank, given my family situation elleng Jun 2014 #13

You've got a lot of wonderful things in your life now...it's a special time for you... CTyankee Jun 2014 #15

Yes I have, yank. elleng Jun 2014 #17

Congratulations! uppityperson Jun 2014 #19

Thanks! elleng Jun 2014 #20

That is another interesting site for educational stuff uppityperson Jun 2014 #18

Road Scholar ought to pay me for all the free advertising I give them... CTyankee Jun 2014 #24

How about Nice? uppityperson Jun 2014 #10

Been to Nice, on a day-trip from Italy, elleng Jun 2014 #11

Thanks, I would love to get to the Mediterranean and thinking of both uppityperson Jun 2014 #12

Good, elleng Jun 2014 #14

Have you been to Strasbourg? I am considering that also, it looks interesting and family came from uppityperson Jun 2014 #30

Yes, interesting town, elleng Jun 2014 #31

well, I did a littlle research on Marseille and it seems like a real up and coming place to visit... CTyankee Jun 2014 #21

Luxembourg to visit my relatives there. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2014 #25

Visiting relatives in other countries is good. They can help you get over jet lag, feed you, show yo uppityperson Jun 2014 #26

Actually, everyone in Luxembourg speaks English except for the very old. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2014 #27

Mt St Michel is pretty neat, they ar e removing the big road to it so the tides can swirl around it uppityperson Jun 2014 #28

So far, transporting myself that way might get me to the door of this room. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2014 #29