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Thanks so much for sharing your trip! Where are you going next?
Glad you enjoyed my TR! It was a long one, but well worth doing after many months!
Not sure yet, but probably nothing else this year. Possibly Memphis next year in late winter or early spring with some friends for a few days. There will be 5-7 of us and it takes a bit of coordinating as we're in all different locales. Would like to do the F&W Fest. next year as well as I've never done that in all my trips to WDW! Just gotta make it happen! We'll see!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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Thanks for the great report, you've given us lots of ides for France!
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Glad to hear it and that you enjoyed my TR and hoping that I inspire you for your France trip!
Please fill me in on your upcoming France trip with all the details....when?.....where?... (exact towns and locations)?...dining locales and wine?....and everything else!
Hopefully, there will be a PTR and most certainly a TR! I'm here and I'll be waiting for all of this!
Sorry, for the late response as I can't always find the time to come on here and respond during the week. Much more time on weekends!
Good luck with the planning and if you need any help with it or what to see, do or dine, please ask as I love doing these things to help and possibly coordinate another PP's trip planning (to a degree) with a location I am quite familiar with and enjoyed so much!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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We don't have any firm plans for visiting France or Europe yet. I'm thinking 2016 will be our Europe year, just need to decide which countries we'll hit. France is #1 on husband's list, so it's a definite. I took notes from your trip and put them in my travel notebook. If you don't mind, I'll definitely hit you up when our plans are firmer.
On a side note, I recently read "The Whole Fromage," which is all about French cheese. That added some destinations to my list! I think we could live on wine and cheese alone.
On a side note, I recently read "The Whole Fromage," which is all about French cheese. That added some destinations to my list! I think we could live on wine and cheese alone.
We don't have any firm plans for visiting France or Europe yet. I'm thinking 2016 will be our Europe year, just need to decide which countries we'll hit. France is #1 on husband's list, so it's a definite. I took notes from your trip and put them in my travel notebook. If you don't mind, I'll definitely hit you up when our plans are firmer.
On a side note, I recently read "The Whole Fromage," which is all about French cheese. That added some destinations to my list! I think we could live on wine and cheese alone.
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I'll be here and look forward to helping you out with the planning!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Made it through page 2! Already sent my mom that link to the wine tasting you did as we have some free time in Paris I think... Loving it so far!
Glad you're reading my TR! O Chateau - Wine Tasting in Paris, Paris Wine Bar & Wine Tours is a lot of fun, with great hosts and sommeliers, who definitely know their wine! They are very knowledgeable on wine and do it in a very non snobbish way! It's well worth doing!
Check out their website as there are various tastings and meals to chose from. I did my tasting the first day off the plane with jet lag in high gear! I didn't have time to have lunch after checking in at my hotel, with security etc at CDG airport, so I opted along with the one hour wine tasting, a cheese course to complement it! I think that covered my lunch! There were about twenty or so of us for this tasting from many parts of the world! It was a lot of fun! I got a 10% discount for this. If you decide to do this, LMK and I should be able to get that discount for you via PM!
I also did a wine dinner there the following night. The two experiences were very different. Smaller group with about 10 of us for the dinner! They are certainly quite generous with the wine! They want you to become educated about wine and enjoy yourself!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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Up to page 7 now! How funny you saw German and Dutch influences and ate Italian food, all while in France! Thanks for the additional info!
That is quite interesting regarding the influences here. The Alsace and especially Colmar is quite diverse!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
I finally got a chance to read all the way through your marvelous TR, only 8 months after you finished it! What a wonderful trip! I would definitely enjoy a trip like this! Thanks for sharing!
I finally got a chance to read all the way through your marvelous TR, only 8 months after you finished it! What a wonderful trip! I would definitely enjoy a trip like this! Thanks for sharing!
So glad you finally made it all the way through it and enjoyed it! It was a great trip and got to experience a lot of new, interesting and great things! France is an amazing country and do it if you ever have the opportunity!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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Possibly Memphis next year in late winter or early spring with some friends for a few days. There will be 5-7 of us and it takes a bit of coordinating as we're in all different locales. Would like to do the F&W Fest. next year as well as I've never done that in all my trips to WDW! 
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It's well worth doing! 
I didn't have time to have lunch after checking in at my hotel, with security etc at CDG airport, so I opted along with the one hour wine tasting, a cheese course to complement it! 
There were about twenty or so of us for this tasting from many parts of the world! 
They want you to become educated about wine and enjoy yourself! 
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