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France & Italy With Trafalgar Tours: Day 2 (Part 3)

November 28, 2011
After our exquisite lunch experience, our Trafalgar Tours Travel Director, Jonathan, suggested that the best way to digest the food that we had just consumed would be to wander around and the best place to do it would be in Avignon. We began our Provencal journey in the village center...

France & Italy With Trafalgar Tours: Day 2 (Part 2)

November 24, 2011
It was clear, upon arrival into Avignon, that we were now in the South of France, as there was hardly a cloud in the sun-filled sky.  Provence would be our home for the next two days of our customized Trafalgar Tours guided vacation.  We were experiencing an abbreviated version of...

France & Italy With Trafalgar Tours: Day 2 (Part 1)

November 21, 2011
I awoke at dawn with an abundance of excitement, as my favorite mode of transportation is riding the train and not only was I about to board the TGV (France's high speed rail service), but my final destination was Provence!  I cannot recall when my love affair with train travel...

France & Italy With Trafalgar Tours: Day 1 (Part 2)

November 18, 2011
Combine Paris, the world's most popular city destination, with the infectiously creative energy of twenty-five talented journalists and, well, you have the exact recipe for amazingness.  As I stood amongst my colleagues during our Welcome Reception at the Marriott Courtyard Paris Neuilly, I made certain to take a minute from...

France & Italy With Trafalgar Tours: Day 1 (Part 1)

November 16, 2011
My first thought when I was invited to travel with Trafalgar Tours throughout France and Italy for a week was: what a trip of a lifetime!  I had been to both countries before, however it had been years and I was definitely ready to return.  The customized trip that I...