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Doug have you got the morning timetable for the hair-dryer down yet? You know it's only 9 months away...

Do you have a suggestion on the best site to make early train reservations, and do you have an idea how early you can make reservations?

We spent a week last year in Colmar and stayed here . This other aparment has the same owner. I would stay here again. It is in the center of Colmar in the pedestrian zone, covenient to everything. We didn't have a car but used the train system to go to Basel, Switzerland; Freiburg & Trier, Germany; Luxumberg City and Strassburg plus a couple of towns along the rail line.

We had a good experience at the Hotel Cardinal de Rohan, just down the street from the Cathedral. Here's my Slow Travel review . Our room on the front even had a view of part of the Cathedral. You can go up to the roof of the Cathedrale to look out over the city (I did-- my husband and daughter didn't). We all enjoyed the boat tour of the city. Kathy

quote: Just relax and enjoy, all the details will work themselves out - honest! You are right Brenda, I will try and calm down about this train thing. Sharon J

Glad to hear that you arrived safely and dealing with the snow. I'd take Paris in the snow any day. Hope to read more.

We saw that northern France, across the channel from England, totally snow. Paris has snow on the ground, and ice, anywhere you might think it would be. 25F is chilly to be walking around in. But better here that home! Snow and continued snow predicted for tomorrow (Sunday). Now that we've finally gotten connected to the Internet and Slow Travel, and almost recovered from way too much lost sleep . . . maybe we can post real substance. Or...

Linda, we have not stayed in Bourges, but we have visited twice, most recently last May. I hope you have a little time to look around the town, which we really enjoyed. Here is a photo of the wonderful cathedral, with a flowering tree -- taken in early May. If you are there in late May, the gardens behind the cathedral may be in bloom. They hadn't really started to bloom in the early part of the month. Do try to get inside the cathedral;...

Abigail- any tips on spending a day and eve in Strasbourg?

quote: The mystery is why so many people are willing to put up with an airline that, in the words of The Economist, “has become a byword for appalling customer service, misleading advertising claims and jeering rudeness towards anyone or anything that gets in its way.” No mystery there - it's dirt cheap... We fly both Ryanair and Easyjet on a regular basis. True the service level is next to none. True there are additional charges for...