GET READY

Ruth and I have been meeting periodically this spring and summer to plan our trip to Europe.  Our flight plans have been made (both of us are using frequent flyer miles with United Airlines).   We will fly to London/Heathrow on September 20, 2011 and fly home from Barcelona on October 18, 2011.   In between those two dates we will visit Windsor, London, Bath (England), Conwy (Wales), Edinburgh (Scotland) and Newcastle (England).   We will fly from Newcastle to Paris,  make our way to Switzerland, then to the south of France (Provence), and end in Barcelona.    Decisions being made currently on transportation, sightseeing, activities, and lodging.   The most exciting of the lodging arrangements is the B&B at the base of the Eiffel Tower at the home of Florence.