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YOU ARE INVITED TO AFTERNOON TEA

CELEBRITY TOURS  - GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

When:  Tuesday September 27, 2011

Time:  2 pm

Where:  Carlton House on Oak Bay Avenue,  Victoria, BC

 PLEASE RSVP

German Christmas Markets

 If you want to fill your heart with Christmas cheer, your senses with the aroma of roasted chestnuts and your suitcase with lovingly hand-crafted gifts, then this is the tour for you.

 9 days, Priced from C$1899

Europe Winter/E.Med, Departs from & returns to Canada

Tour code W500

 Included Premium Highlights

■Visit Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber, Germany’s best preserved medieval town.

Included Personal Insights

■Learn about the traditional German Christmas Pyramid

Included Other Excursions & Sights

■Spend time as you wish at the Christmas markets in Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, Nuremberg, Rothenburg and Munich.

■See Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, State Opera House, Berlin Wall, Unter den Linden, Potsdamer Platz and Reichstag Building.

■Visit Leipzig’s Thomas-Kirche.

■See Dresden’s Frauenkirche, mosaic mural, Cathedral, Opera House and Zwinger Palace.

■See the city walls and Old Town of Nuremberg.

■See Munich’s Olympic Stadium, Victory Arch, Town Hall and Glockenspiel in the Marienplatz.

Included First Class Services

■Escorted by a professional Tour Director

■Luxury air-conditioned 40 seat coach with extended legroom and onboard restroom

■Insight Hotels include all service charges, taxes and porterage

■Insight Traveller document wallet, Welcome on Tour book and information pack

■Airport arrival and departure transfers at scheduled times on Day 2 and Day 9. (Should your flights not coincide with these arrival and departure transfers, please make your own way to/from the airport or you can purchase a transfer)

Included Quality Dining

■Bavarian Highlight Dinner at a Munich restaurant (HD)

■7 full Breakfasts (B), 1 Lunch (L) and 2 three-course table d’hote dinners, or buffets, plus tea or coffee (D)

Day 1 - DEPART CANADA

Board your overnight flight.

 Day 2 - BERLIN AT LEISURE

Welcome to Germany! On arrival at Berlin’s Tegel Airport, your airport shuttle service leaves for your tour hotel at 10.30 and 12.00. This afternoon, perhaps start exploring one of Berlin’s 50 Christmas markets, before joining your Tour Director this evening for a Welcome Drink.

Hotel: Marriott Berlin.

 

Day 3 - BERLIN SIGHTSEEING

Your guided sightseeing tour includes views of the Brandenburg Gate, State Opera House, the remnants of the Berlin Wall, Unter den Linden, Potsdamer Platz and restored Reichstag Building. At the Gendarmenmarkt, one of the most beautiful squares in Europe, you are at leisure to experience the Weihnachts Zauber, (Christmas Magic). (BB)

 Day 4 - BERLIN - LEIPZIG - DRESDEN

Travel through the former East Germany to Leipzig. On arrival visit Bach’s Thomas-Kirche and the medieval Market Square, where Christmas market tradition dates back to 1767. Renowned for its musical and culinary delights, the Leipzig Market is home to the largest free-standing Advent calendar in the world. Perhaps stop by the Old Town Hall to hear the trumpeters before continuing on to Dresden.

Hotel: Pullman Dresden Newa/Radisson Blu Park Hotel Dresden - Radebeul. (BB,D)

 Day 5 - DRESDEN SIGHTSEEING

See the resurrected Frauenkirche on your guided sightseeing tour before a stroll past the colossal Procession of the Dukes mosaic. See also the Cathedral, Semper Opera House and baroque Zwinger Palace. This afternoon Germany’s oldest Christmas market is yours to enjoy. The Strietzelmarkt is home to the delicious fruity Christollen, a Christmas cake recipe dating back to medieval times! Don’t miss the record breaking Christmas pyramid as well as traditional wood carving, pottery and gingerbread. (BB)

 

Day 6 - DRESDEN - NUREMBERG

Journey south to Nuremberg, where the stalls of the Christkindlmarkt are festooned in red and white cloth. Surrounded by ancient ramparts and watchtowers, look out for the ‘Nuremberg Plum People’ while you explore or shop for Rostbratwurste, Lebkuchen or traditional hot Gluhwein.

Hotel: Hilton Nuremburg. (BB,D)

 Day 7 - NUREMBERG - ROTHENBURG - MUNICH

Venture through the heart of Germany to Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber, one of the best preserved medieval towns in all of Europe. Why not stroll through the cobbled streets to the year-round Christmas Shop, where it is Christmas 365 days of the year! Enjoy freshly made ‘Bratwurst’ and potato salad before taking the meandering Romantic Road, which brings you to Bavaria’s fun-filled capital of Munich.

Hotel: Hilton Munich Park. (BB,L)

 Day 8 - MUNICH

An orientation tour takes you past the Olympic Stadium, along Ludwigstrasse to the Victory Arch and concludes in the Marienplatz by the soaring Town Hall, famous for its Glockenspiel. Here, by the gigantic Christmas tree, Munich’s traditional Christmas market is an entrancing festival of light and music. This evening, enjoy a highlight Farewell Dinner in the heart of this festive Bavarian capital. (BB,HD)

 Day 9 - RETURN TO CANADA

Bid farewell to Germany’s traditional festivities. Your departure transfer arrives at Munich’s airport at 09.30. (BB)

 Tour Dates:

Mon 05 Dec   Tue 13 Dec   C$1899 // Singles Supplement only $545.  

 Angela Adamek, President

Four Plus Four Singles Dining & Travelling Club  

Contact us at:  fun@fourplusfour.ca

 

Hello Everyone,

Please reply to this opportunity, letting me know if you would be interested or not…Sounds like fun! :) 

I hope this email finds you basking in today’s sun. :)

In an effort to provide all active and past members another great way of meeting other singles I feel you could all have some fun with this idea.   

Many of you have asked me to provide activities in which you can meet other singles;  and after much thought  I came up with this travel idea.   If I get a good response I will go ahead with it. 

Those who like the idea of traveling with other singles will be able to place a travel profile on our website. This info will be  in the next email I send out regarding this opportunity.  I will then gather all your requests and ideas and put together a trip for singles. 

Coupled up and receiving this email?….that’s okay.  How about a fun filled trip for coupled people in Four Plus Four?

Angela 

If you are interested in joining our singles travel group please go to:

http://www.fourplusfour.ca/victoria/Travel-Form.php

Hi Angela;  I hope that this email finds you well.  I refer people to you from time to time as I think that your group is suitable to most.

Please note that Megan W. Young, (now, Templeton), a former Four Plus Four member and I, Daniel S. Templeton married on March 19, 2011.

Therefore, we wouldn’t be interested in your singles travel group, but will not hesitate to recommend your service.

Thanks again for the introduction.

Sincerely,

Dan

Barry met Donna in a dinner two years ago and this was his reply to my travel email (another success):

No thanks. I married Donna Bennet.

Thank you for the introduction.

Barry Middleton

Hello Angela,

Re:  Traveling with Singles.

It’s been  awhile since I have heard from you but I am still with Brian, who I met on my first dinner  in 2007 and we are very happy!!!  We have been on several vacations together and are looking at the Mediterranean  and/or the Caribbean next time.  It could be a bit of a challenge coordinating our holiday time with a group but  I wouldn’t mind hearing what you have planned for couples. 

I still pass on the name of your company to others as I still think it is the safest and easiest way to meet others.

With many thanks,

Kelly

Some great news…    

Diane Lair, founder and previous owner of Four Plus Four, has given birth to her first children’s picture book.   It is a delightful story about her little Westie, Miss Muggles.   The book is called   Miss Muggles, the Comical Dog.     Children of all ages are enjoying this story over and over again.    Grandparents, parents, teachers, aunts, uncles, anyone with kids’ in their lives, should buy a copy and share the Muggles’ book with them.  

For your copy call or email Diane Lair…      250 655-3446         dianelair@shaw.ca

The book costs $16.00 plus tax ($2.00).

Congratulations, Diane.

We wish you great success. 

I love these emails: 

Hi Angela,

Judy and I met at a fourplusfour dinner at Rosi’e Bistro Feb 8 2008 and hit it off right away. Tthe rest is now history and in early November we were married and are sharing the rest of our lives together. The dinner was the initial catalyst and the open and non threatening atmosphere helped us get to know each other quickly.

Thanks. You may now permanently remove Judy and myself Ron from your files.

Ron

“Angela Angela Angela :)

Hope you had a wonderful holiday away, and are feeling well rested.

Thank you so very much for all your care and support; thank you for being there for all of us.You may take me out of the system ~ I am just too happy to mess anything up by attending another dinner.Fritz and I are getting along like a house on fire; things are in a just meant to be state….and all thanks to you.We are so glad we had the opportunity to meet.  It really seems like things were meant to be. Warm Regards, Melody” 

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