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Re: The apparent new Covid policy
You don't have to say the name but people will figure it out pretty fast when they see them wearing a mask and sitting alone.
Re: Tauck New Mexico, May, 2024
Yes, we could have done this on our own. But, as they say, life gets in the way. We have grandchildren care responsibilities and could only get a limited time away so the length of this tour was perfect. We did get to the Georgia O’ Keefe museum. A very good docent once again and a fine, small museum. We had green, red and Christmas chile galore. Learned to ask for it on the side as a few times we were caught unaware by the heat! One thing I neglected to mention is the elevation and lack of humidity. You need to drink a lot more water than you would think. Wait until you are thirsty and it’s too late! Also, you need extra skin lotion from housekeeping. And that raises another issue-we all had problems with housekeeping in all three hotels. But, we travel a lot and are finding that is unfortunately becoming common. We had days at the Four Seasons in Kona last year where we were missed entirely.
Re: Prepping for Canadian Rockies
We were on Rocky Mountineer last year but not with Tauck. The train ride is underwhelming. Best part of trip was the Banff hotel.
eleonore
Re: Christmas Market
Htjt1111 --- I personally don't think it matters which direction you go - we've done both directions -- and we always extend on both ends -- we prefer to end in Nuremberg as we like to fly directly home after we extend several more days at the end - so we eventually take the train to Munich for a couple days and can fly home direct from Munich. We also find the market in Nuremberg has everything - so we tend to wait till we get there to buy stuff so we don't have to carry it around for 2 weeks.
We are going Westbound again in 2025 with about 12 of our friends. You did not go wrong booking eastbound, but I do suggest you add a few days to pre and post cruise. There is VERY little time in Nuremberg and you will want more. Vienna has many markets and things to see that are NOT included with Tauck, so def extend there too. I do not recommend the Tauck hotel in Nuremberg as it's too far from the markets and there are better and cheaper places to stay. If you have the GoT, use it in Vienna and try to add a couple more days there also
Re: Scandinavia May 20 tour
Please send any tips as we will be on the June 14 trip. Copenhagen: read this about Christiana if you plan to visit in your freetime:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidnikel/2024/04/04/all-change-for-christiania-the-freetown-of-copenhagen-denmark/?sh=2fb670215375
carolv
Re: Scandinavia May 20 tour
Not sure how much free time you have in København, but if you enjoy WWII history there is the Museum of Danish Resistance which has exhibits and storyboards of how the Danes helped Jews across the Øresund Strait to safety in neutral Sweden during the Nazi occupation. My father (a Jew) was honored posthumously for his (and many, many other brave souls) efforts in rising up against evil.
kfnknfzk
Re: Coat for Best of Ireland Tour
It might not rain at all, it might even be warm. I would take a regular coat or fleece and a lightweight fold up into a bag thin waterproof, mine is quite long. We always take ours to put into our small backpacks in case we need them. The layering should be enough to keep the average person warm if it is cool.
British
Re: Harbor View Hotel Edgartown
Re: So far, not happy with 2 of the 3 hotels...
The Classic Italy tour is a unique tour. Normally for any tour, the date selected drives if it is a Classic group size tour or a Small group size tour. For this tour there are two distinct and separate tours that dictate the group size. Each has its own itinerary and accommodations.
Here is the link to the classic group size tour.
https://tauck.com/tours/italy-escorted-tour?tcd=it2024
Here is the link to the small group size tour.
https://tauck.com/tours/italy-small-group-vacation-package?tcd=ita2024
