Have a great trip! Lots of presents for the family. I always tell my children “you can’t get this in Wal-Mart or online. And “none of the other kids can get this so don’t trade it cheap.
Yes, great rates soon on Paris vacation packages. Looking forward to it. And shopping/bartering rates should be great. But culture, that’s the draw for me. The French will be in their element.
We live in Spain. Seville is about a 3.5 hour drive. In January we fly to Santiago de Compestela to stay in the oldest hotel in the world, right next to the Cathedral that people regularly walk 800 kilometers to get to. In March we will celebrate my wife’s birthday by spending 8 days at an all inclusive resort in the Canary Islands. We’re not averse to traveling to Paris on a whim if a good deal comes up. We have the 3rd busiest airport in Spain an hour away with plenty of discount airlines to tempt us. But Paris has a lot of competition and right now it’s not worth the aggravation.