[SkateDC] [LS] Fw: [euroroll1] Skate France, Luxembourg, Germany in August 2010

[Carl Ford]

Mike Zosa sums up nicely a trip to Europe that some skaters from Texas  
are puting together.  I guess this would be called EuroRoll, Y'all!

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Greetings, Euroroll-deprived,

No, I still haven't gotten one together, and it's prolly too late for  
this summer, BUT some Texans are going to France and Germany (August  
6-17), and they have some room left. It's $2200 plus airfare, but  
includes most meals and there's alot of skating possible (inn-to-inn  
along the Mosel!), not to mention BOTH Paris skates.

Michael

----- Original Message -----
From: stevehoustontx
To: euroroll1 at yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 5:10 PM
Subject: [euroroll1] Skate France, Luxembourg, Germany in August 2010

Hi skaters,

I've just joined the group to let you know about a great trip my  
friends and I are taking to Europe this summer to skate. We've got 13  
people committed (reservations and deposits made!) and I'm willing for  
the group to be as large as 20.

Accomodations are 3-4 star hotels with great restaurants. All rooms  
have private baths. Prices are per person for double occupancy. I made  
a brochure with the detailed itinerary, hotel links, and photos of  
hotel rooms and sights along the way for anyone interested. Just  
e-mail me at steve.bland at garygreene.com

The trip is in three legs, and you can take any or all of them.

Leg one is 3 days in Paris (August 6-8) for the Friday night and  
Sunday afternoon skates. The hotel is a block from Montparnasse  
station, where the Friday night skate starts. This leg includes only a  
hotel room and breakfast, so lunch and dinner and touring expenses  
need to be budgetted. The cost is $215.

Leg two is the meat of the trip, 8 days of inn-to-inn skating on the  
Mosel river. A substantial breakfast, packed lunch, and gourmet dinner  
are included--one night dinner will be a 4 hour medieval banquet in a  
castle, served by wait staff in period costume, with troubadors and  
jesters. We will have one 'static' day at Cochem, during which we will  
hike up the Eltz river to Burg Eltz, an amazing restored castle in the  
river valley. Night stops are in Thionville, France; Remich,  
Luxembourg; and Trier, Neumagen, Traben-Trarbach, Cochem, and Koblenz,  
Germany. The cost of this leg is $1550 and includes a train from  
Paris. Anyone taking this leg also gets trip insurance for any of the  
three legs they are joining us for.

Leg three is two days on the Rhine river. Night one is at a fabulously  
restored castle in Oberwesel (likely the highlight of the tour!) The  
last night of the trip is in Wiesbaden, which has been a spa town for  
2000 years. I'm looking forward to soaking in the thermal springs and  
getting a well-earned massage (not included in the cost of the trip).  
This leg is $435.

The information I can send you will include a deadline of 12/31/09.  
This was for the people here in Houston who have been hearing about  
the trip for close to a year. Any of the new people should be able to  
get in on the trip, assuming there is space left, if I hear from you  
by mid-February. Deposits are a maximum of $500, though the second  
payment (about the same amount) is due in mid-February. The last  
payment is due in April, with trains being paid for in June.

Not sure if ANYONE will contact me, or if ten will. So it's just up to  
fate as far as there being room left! We don't need any additional  
people for the trip to be a go, I just thought it might be fun to add  
some enthusiastic strangers.

Ask me any questions you might have, or request the brochure and  
detailed pricing information. (Michael Zosa, who I believe is the  
moderator of this group, already has them)

Steve Bland
Houston Texas
832.350.9556
steve.bland at garygreene.com

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Greetings, Euroroll-deprived,

No, I still haven't gotten one together, and it's prolly too late for this summer, BUT some Texans are going to France and Germany (August 6-17), and they have some room left. It's $2200 plus airfare, but includes most meals and there's alot of skating possible (inn-to-inn along the Mosel!), not to mention BOTH Paris skates.

Michael

----- Original Message ----- 
From: stevehoustontx 
To: euroroll1 at yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 5:10 PM
Subject: [euroroll1] Skate France, Luxembourg, Germany in August 2010


  
Hi skaters,

I've just joined the group to let you know about a great trip my friends and I are taking to Europe this summer to skate. We've got 13 people committed (reservations and deposits made!) and I'm willing for the group to be as large as 20.

Accomodations are 3-4 star hotels with great restaurants. All rooms have private baths. Prices are per person for double occupancy. I made a brochure with the detailed itinerary, hotel links, and photos of hotel rooms and sights along the way for anyone interested. Just e-mail me at steve.bland at garygreene.com

The trip is in three legs, and you can take any or all of them.

Leg one is 3 days in Paris (August 6-8) for the Friday night and Sunday afternoon skates. The hotel is a block from Montparnasse station, where the Friday night skate starts. This leg includes only a hotel room and breakfast, so lunch and dinner and touring expenses need to be budgetted. The cost is $215.

Leg two is the meat of the trip, 8 days of inn-to-inn skating on the Mosel river. A substantial breakfast, packed lunch, and gourmet dinner are included--one night dinner will be a 4 hour medieval banquet in a castle, served by wait staff in period costume, with troubadors and jesters. We will have one 'static' day at Cochem, during which we will hike up the Eltz river to Burg Eltz, an amazing restored castle in the river valley. Night stops are in Thionville, France; Remich, Luxembourg; and Trier, Neumagen, Traben-Trarbach, Cochem, and Koblenz, Germany. The cost of this leg is $1550 and includes a train from Paris. Anyone taking this leg also gets trip insurance for any of the three legs they are joining us for.

Leg three is two days on the Rhine river. Night one is at a fabulously restored castle in Oberwesel (likely the highlight of the tour!) The last night of the trip is in Wiesbaden, which has been a spa town for 2000 years. I'm looking forward to soaking in the thermal springs and getting a well-earned massage (not included in the cost of the trip). This leg is $435.

The information I can send you will include a deadline of 12/31/09. This was for the people here in Houston who have been hearing about the trip for close to a year. Any of the new people should be able to get in on the trip, assuming there is space left, if I hear from you by mid-February. Deposits are a maximum of $500, though the second payment (about the same amount) is due in mid-February. The last payment is due in April, with trains being paid for in June.

Not sure if ANYONE will contact me, or if ten will. So it's just up to fate as far as there being room left! We don't need any additional people for the trip to be a go, I just thought it might be fun to add some enthusiastic strangers.

Ask me any questions you might have, or request the brochure and detailed pricing information. (Michael Zosa, who I believe is the moderator of this group, already has them)

Steve Bland
Houston Texas
832.350.9556
steve.bland at garygreene.com




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