Hi JoAnn,

Wow, how exciting to be traveling to Europe for the first time in such high RSSC style!

I fondly remember my first trip to Europe as a geek 19 year old student in 1979. I went for a month during summer break from San Francisco State, flew over on ultra-cheapo Laker Airlines to London-Gatwick (Remember Freddy Laker? I think the fare was $369 and I had to bring my own food!) and traveled around on a 2nd class Eurail Pass that my late-father bought me.

He drove me to LAX, and as he dropped me off and said goodbye, he gave me an envelope and told me to open it on the plane. It contained $1000.00, and boy did that come in handy when combined with my meager travel budget! :D

Great experiences and wonderful memories (yes, a romance even! :app: ) that I now wouldn't trade for all the dough in the world...

Enjoy!

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Eric



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"Madame, I may be drunk...but you dear lady are ugly. However, I'll be sober in the morning!"