International Travel Group Meeting - Sunday 1/22 @ 9:30 a.m. Pacific Time

Andrea, please include me and I'll hope my internet is more stable this time.

I would love to join. I hope you have a few minutes for me to talk cause I am a shopper when I travel. The shopkeepers have my number (including CC) within just a few minutes in their stores.

Andrea, don't you mean the meeting will be Jan 22 & no meeting in Feb?

Can you send us a link? We will set an alarm or maybe the roosters will be crowing by then.

Hi Andrea, I'd like to join!

Hi, Andrea, I’d like to attend. Thanks.

Hi Andrea. I think you mean the meeting is 1/22 and not 2/22.
I’m heading to Mexico on 1/21 so I can’t make this meeting either. I missed the last meeting due to weather induced migraine. I can’t wait to head south to better weather, and to be headache free.

Oh boy, see what happens when I try to do things too early in the morning. 🙄 I’ve corrected the date and time in the title. Thanks to those who pointed the wrong information out.

Diane, I’m sorry you have to miss another meeting and I hope the warmer weather helps you. We are getting pelted with rain right now like I’ve never seen before here. I thought the windows were going to break!

Please include me in the zoom invites -
and I hope we broaden the food preferences topic to use our experiences as a way to talk about cultural encounters, too.

Here's an appetizer: I wandered into the back of a bar in Madrid to find a well-worn dining room and practiced my Spanish to ask for a dish that is typical of Madrid. The woman asked me si usted tiene un estomago fuerte, which literally means a strong stomach, and I assumed she meant to ask if I was really hungry, so I said for sure, and I was served for the main course Callos Madrileños ,
which is stewed beef tripe.
https://www.bigoven.com/recipe/callos-a-la-madrilena-tripe-madrid-style/149558

I can imagine that for some tourists this would have been like being in a face-your-fears game show. I enjoyed the challenge, and the staff were pleased that I had a good time.

If that thread that was taken down yesterday about unhealthy eating while in the EU had lasted, I would have enjoyed posting this tidbit there. :-)

Thanks, Andrea. We had quite the downpour today as well. We had Niagara Falls for a bit. Too much water for the gutters. The good part is that our reservoir is near to overflowing.

@Avi, we can definitely expand on the topic.

We have plenty of extra room for anyone who’s interested.

I'm interested

Do food preferences influence where you choose to travel?

ja!!! (Schweinshaxe ! Drei im Weggla!!!)

Oui!!! (Flunch)

Si!!! (what's not to like about cake for breakfast)

I'm not a foodie

I would love to attend. Thanks! I just booked another Rick Steve's tour with my travel buddy for December 2023. Can't wait! See you Sunday.

Hi Andrea --
Please save me a "Hollywood square!" ;-)

If there's still room, would love to join the fun. Thanks

Yes, there’s still room. See you all tomorrow.

The zoom link has been emailed.

Kudos to Andrea & Jim for bringing us together and getting us out on time today :-)
Stories were great to hear, and there was too much good sharing of shopping ideas [double :-) ]

I'm looking forward to souvenirs from Rila Monastery!

good refreshments - from eggs to pickles to lox with cream cheese. What a party. Maybe I'll use a mug to put it all in. Poffertjes on a side plate - or tile.

Nigel, don't forget the tapas. I am really looking forward to them. It was a really fun discussion today - food and shopping.....wow.

Yes, that was all fun! And don’t forget Jim’s 100 hats!

Hats sliding off Laurie Beth’s head!

Thanks, all!

Texas Travel Mom, maybe the caps will prop me up.

Fun meeting. As for hats, he has more than 100…just saying. I also misspoke when I said I didn’t buy any mugs during our 16 weeks in Europe last year. Our apartment in Nice only had coffee cups without handles, which were too hot to hold. What to do, what to do? Buy mugs of course. Jim got one too. I, on the other hand, didn’t buy a single hat for myself. I did buy some of the striped shirts that SharYn loves so much.

So sorry I missed your virtual shopping trip! Fill me in later, Andrea?

I’ll bring all the hats and mugs over to your house for show and tell. 😆

I'd like to join the next conversation. :)

Hi Bridget, welcome to the forum. People must respond for each meeting after I post it to let me know they want to attend. Participants vary from month to month and there is no way I have the time to note someone wanting to attend so far in advance. The next meeting is on March 5 and I will post the announcement around February 24 or 25. Watch for it and reply to let me know.

i would like to attend. Thanks
Robin

Robin you need to follow the procedure given just above by Andrea to Bridget, the person just above you...