A month-long trip to France and Ireland, March 3-April 5, 2009, was the best trip of my life. The total cost was between $11,000 and $12,000, but I had a lot of individual tour guides and a driver for my entire stay in Ireland.
I took the “Walking Women — Alpine Aspirations” tour, June 18-28, 2008, with Elderhostel (Boston, MA; 800/454-5768, www.elderhostel.org). The ground operator in Switzerland was European Walking Tours.
The Brits have found a perfect solution to the “too-hot duvet” problem. You can buy two very light, summer-weight duvets which can be zipped or buttoned together to make a heavier, winter-weight one. Summer-weight duvets are sold all over Great Britain.
For the past 14 years, my wife, Roberta, and I have made at least one annual trip to Ireland. We always rent a car at the Shannon or Dublin airport and tour extensively.
My husband, Mike, and son, Scott, and I stayed in a 2-bedroom apartment in the house Roduner-Hus (Dorf, CH-3718 Kandersteg, SWITZERLAND; phone + 41 [0] 33 675 1053, www.adamsalpineeden.com/roduner), Sept. 18-26, 2008.
Le Petit Versailles (Route du Château, 24220 Beynac et Cazenac, FRANCE; phone +33 [0]6 71 88 59 72, www.lepetit versailles.fr) was our favorite accommodation on our 7-week trip to France in the fall of 2008.
