(Virtual) East Bay (SF area) Travel Group Meeting - Sat, August 28, 2021

We want to hear about everyone's domestic trips, too, time permitting ...

We'll have time! I'll be just back from my Oregon coast trip, if I survive the heat of the first inland stay.

Please count me in!

may I join your little party please?

Would love to hear about travels in Greece! I have made a concerted effort this summer to be a tourist in my own state and have a few mini trips to share if there is time.

bugslife, you're in!
Nigel, yes please do join the party. It's BYO-everything!
diveloonie, there will be plenty of time and we would love to hear about travels in Alaska!!

Would love to hear about the Greece trip and others recent travels, count me in, thanks!

Please include me in the meeting. Thanks.

I’d like to join in. Thanks.

Yay, no conflict for a change!
Thanks, Catherine.

Please include me, too!

Please add me.
Robin

Yes, please.

Lauri and Ed

Hi,
Please add me to the group.
Thank you,

So glad you'll all be joining! Please watch for the link via private message the week before the meeting.

We hope to attend!

Hi Catherine,

We're planning to go to Greece next year and would love to attend. Please count me in.

Thanks,
Gayleen

Hi! I would love to join. I’m planning a trip to Greece next year and would like to hear all about your trip.

I'd love to attend if there's still room!

There is room, you are all welcome! I'll send the link closer to the date.

I hope to be there!

Something has come up and I won’t be able to make it after all. Enjoy!

I have just sent the meeting link to everyone who has responded above, including diveloonie in case your plans change and you're able to join. Please check your private messages to make sure you've received the link.

We have plenty of room for anyone else who would like to join!

Hi Catherine, I have a scheduling conflict (my fault!), so I won't be able to join you tomorrow. I look forward to next month.

Hi bugslife, I'm sorry that we won't see you, but look forward to seeing you at future meetings!

Today's slide presentations on Oregon and Santorini went together surprisingly well -- thanks to both CWsocial and travelmom for keeping our travel dreams nourished!

Agree! We have been to many of the places covered but it was such fun to see them through the eyes of others. And of course, we all love pictures of Farrah!

Avi and CWsocial do such a good job of organizing these meetings and I feel so lucky to be a long distance East Bay group member! Oregon is definitely on my list now!

I knew nothing about the Oregon area before last night, I think I'd have loved that crater edge drive - sorry you didn't, CWSocial - and I loved the pix of Farrah. I see who rules your house.

Sorry I missed the Greece program. Another place I've never been but have wanted to.

Thanks for pulling it together, CWSocial, and thanks to Avi for the tech.

Hey Nigel, I think most people would love that crater edge drive and wouldn't think much about it. I'm usually fearless, and can often rationalize away the fear of heights. But my recent road trips have exposed me my Krypton. Very annoying.

I'm considering an idea to have a meeting in which we discuss Germany. Not a presentation necessarily, but a discussion of places people have been and where they recommend for travelers who may not have been there.

Nigel, I know you've been there. Would you be up for such a discussion?

I've only been in one area of Germany, but enjoyed every town - Frankfurt, Erfurt, Dresden, Nuremberg and Bamberg.

Who else would like to hear about and share their enthusiasm for Germany? Are there other countries that you'd like to "enthuse" about?

yes I have a few places in Germany up my sleeve. Could be some that few people will have heard of....

I’m never been to Germany and know little about it. So I’d like to hear about Germany.

Nigel, excellent! Terrific Valerie, I'd like to hear more about Germany as well.

As you can imagine, Ed could talk hours about Germany. Maybe even be on-screen for more than a few seconds. Multi-year stay in Munich, and visits to many other places from his Munich and Frankfurt bases.
By the time we meet next we will have taken Amtrak to Reno for a weekend.

We have also been to Germany. If we have been somewhere that others have not visited, if there's something I can add, I can chime in.

Why were the last few months canceled?

We've had a shortage of travels to talk about. And now I'm traveling so I had to cancel November. We've actually had some international travels that I hope we'll hear about in December and January!

Do you have any travels to share in December Diveloonie?

I'm looking forward to resuming our meetings in December. Count me in!

Excellent, Barbara N!

I will post a regular meeting announcement and send out links nearer the meeting date.

I'd like to be in the queue too!

Nigel, you're in!

I hate to miss but will be landing in Paris about that time!

We'll miss you, TravelMom, and we sure will be eager in January to hear about all of your travels!!

Just a note to everyone, I'll post the December meeting invite a bit before Thanksgiving (Nov 25) and send links to RSVPs from that thread. So no need to RSVP here...though it's very nice to hear from everyone!

we miss you....

and your lovely soireé

Awwww, thanks Nigel! I miss y'all and our gatherings too!!

I'm channeling my inner southerner .... long latent from a few of my early years living in (south-to-me) Texas....while I travel through the southeastern states. So many lovely places!

@Catherine, we just got back from Egypt and my photobook should be done by December. So would love to attend meeting. Either to listen to others travels or share mine.

Terrific, diveloonie, we'd love to hear about Egypt! As we get closer you can let me know if you'd prefer December or a bit more time until January.