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Originally Posted by *Touring Ted*
I feel really sorry for those guys on the coach trips.
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Hey Ted, how many coach trips have you been on /experienced?
I did one once, back in the summer of 1990 with Wallace Arnold - now WAShearings. It was a 12-day 'whistle-stop' tour of west/central Europe. Itinerary: a Cross Channel ferry to Calais ~~> through Belgium ~~> Heidelberg (Germany) ~~> Salzburg (Austria) ~~> Vienna (Austria) ~~> Venice (Italy) ~~> Italian Lakes ~~> Lucerne /Engelberg (Switzerland) ~~> Paris (France) ~~> Home.
I took my boy (then 13 yo); it was the first time abroad for him. We had a great time* - with a super-funny/hilarious bunch of fellow coach travellers.
I went back two years later (1992), and replicated the whole trip on my first 'BAMBI' ( Born Again Middle-aged Biker) foreign ride.
My son (Mark) - who's now a schoolteacher in New Zealand - took a classroom-load of Kiwi kids on more-or-less exactly the same tour in April 2008. The kids loved it all; for most it was their first OE. Mark will no doubt return to England and ride the route on his 650 V-Strom one day.
Maybe these coach tours can 'whet the appetite' for independent travel (by any means). They do no harm, trust me.
Cheers
KEITH
* Guess that makes me a sad b_stard, eh .. :confused1:
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