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In reply to the discussion: If you got a free vacation trip option, which would you choose? [View all]mnhtnbb
(31,418 posts)34. I know someone who did the camino walk for 30 days. Fabulous trip. But you do need to be
in pretty good shape if you're going to walk.
Paris, Lyon, the Loire Valley, the caves of Les Eyzies in the Dordogne Valley, Aix-en-Provence and surrounding
area are all fabulous. We honeymooned in France--30 years ago--and spent a month driving around.
Venice, Florence, Tuscany, Lake Como, all wonderful areas of Italy.
We spent three days in St. Petersburg--stop on a Baltic Cruise--and I was overwhelmed by the number
of people. Traffic was HORRIBLE because--according to one of our bus tour guides--everyone wants to
show off they own a car rather than use their great public transportation. It took one bus an hour and 15 minutes
to go 3 blocks while we were there. So if you go, go off-season (we were there late May).
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I chose Paris (it would be my option) because it's out of season there and would
CTyankee
Jan 2016
#2
I know someone who did the camino walk for 30 days. Fabulous trip. But you do need to be
mnhtnbb
Jan 2016
#34
I would go to the UK. ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND & WALES. I visited in 2001 and it was fantastic
trueblue2007
Jan 2016
#10
No contest, Paris... so much there, regardless of what you are interested in...
JCMach1
Jan 2016
#12
I love the reference to Malta...I've always been captivated by those islands like Malta
CTyankee
Jan 2016
#21
Hope you don't mind me suggesting this. If you go to either of those places, of course, the driving
BlueJazz
Jan 2016
#48
a lot of this is from an elderhostel trip brochure...I've been on 5 elderhostel tours and
CTyankee
Jan 2016
#31
I will never set foot in Austria due to their continued lying about their role in WW2
CTyankee
Jan 2016
#47