10 more days and more tidbits of wisdom...

I can't believe we only have 10 more days until our trip. This week we've spent time getting a new bank account and credit card, in order to try to avoid high fee charges to our accounts while we are away. We have only so much cash to spend, and I'd rather buy more croissants than pay an American bank! 

We have decided to spend a night in Annecy, France, so we have one more night to book. 

Anyone have any suggestions for a place to stop between there and Paris? We're open to suggestions! 

...just a few more things to finish...
Honestly, I am finding it hard to concentrate on school, promotion and progress reports when our trip's countdown is ticking off the seconds right along with my heartbeats.

Here is another priceless tidbit of wisdom from Papa:

Serendipity -  Noun: The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.

 

-Torri Del Benaco is one of our very favorite places to visit and we have returned there many times. We stumbled on it in a seemingly hopeless search for a place to stay late one afternoon as we went from town to town along Lake Garda with Kouri and Chloe in the back seat.  Everyplace had been full but the Hotel Gardesena had a room.  It was the wedding suite (it cost $2.00 more than a regular room) with 2 balconies overlooking the town and the lake! It is fantastic.

 

-Talamone is another favorite we return to over and over.  

We ended up staying there because we got sooo HOT touring hill towns.  We stopped , looked at the map and noticed a town on the water so we drove over to it to try to cool off and as we approached it, we couldn't believe our eyes... perfect little harbor town (castle and all.) The hotel there is fun. It's a round building, so the rooms are pie shaped!

 

-We didn't visit Venice on our first trip because we listened to a couple we met (they were on a motorcycle like us) and they told us to skip it.  "Smelly and way overrated," they said.  Two trips later we thought we'd see for ourselves. Now we go there every chance we get.

 

Keep an open mind and your eyes open.  A lot of great things didn't make it into the guide books. Most of the memorable people on our trips we just bumped into (some literally.)  They do things a little differently in other countries; sometimes better, sometimes worse... but check it out.  It will help you understand the U.S.A. a little better.

Oh, and have fun.

 

Love,

Papa