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  • Churchill (Manitoba) Polar Bears

    Just a heads up. A few days ago the NBC TV News had one of their reporters travel to Churchill (Manitoba) Canada to see how the folks there were dealing with a number of polar bears (6 to date) walki…
  • Re: 2025 Christmas Market River Cruise

    kfnknfzk, we spoke before in an earlier post re Tivoli gardens, how it was then and now. Sigh. :-)
  • Re: 2025 Christmas Market River Cruise

    My idea of an excellent "wine and (gourmet) food tour" of Italy and France would be limited to a small group (10 or 15 folks at the most) led by a true gourmet chef knowledgable of the wine…
  • Re: Fouquet’s

    IMHO, based on all of my previous travels with Tauck throughout Europe, all of the major cities (e.g. Paris, Rome, Venice, etc.) are "tourist traps" now. The only way to avoid them is to vi…
  • Re: Fouquet’s

    I remember on one of my 42 Tauck tours, including in France several years ago that our group also dined at Fouquet's. All that I remember from back then was that meal itself was lovely and that …