Lessons for next time?

The group leaders will be getting together once Miss Laister gets home (she hung around Europe to see family) and we'll be assessing the lessons we've learned from this trip. We'd love some input from folks who went on the trip, parents, colleagues, etc., about what we should do differently next time. Some questions:

When should we go next? Three years? Four? Five?

Where should we go next? Italy and Greece? A longer trip to only England or Spain?

Should the next group be smaller? Larger?

More time seeing certain kinds of sites? Historical sites? Museums? More free time? More shopping? Good balance?

What did folks think of EF, our tour company? Did they do a good job organizing the trip? Was bill paying easy? How would you rate your satisfaction?

What was the best part of the trip? What should we make sure not to miss in the future?

Post your responses in the comments section below. Thanks!

Pictures Finished

I finished adding pictures of my own, along with those generously donated by Mr. Witt and Mrs. Mortensen. I still have a bunch from Mrs. Houser to add (she has the fancy camera) but I thought folks might enjoy these from Paris (here and here), Barcelona (here, here and here) and the return trip and arrival (here and here). Enjoy!

Collected Quotes, Part II

Well, I'm having some trouble posting pictures tonight, but I thought I'd add some quotes I wrote down during the trip. There's some innuendo here, but I assure you most of these were said very innocently and made some sense in context.

"Stop making fun of my pouch!" -Sean

Amanda- "Put enough Mountain Dews in Gorman and he'll do a lot of things."

Roseanna, turning down a glass of wine: "Wine tastes like rotten juice."

Roseanna on Flamenco: "Lori would be really good at this, because she did ballet and that takes lots of hands."

Ben on Flamenco: "The seduction looks just like picking a fight, and the singing really does sound like wailing."

Ben on Flamenco: "You know how Hawaiian dancing tells a story? This guy's dancing says, 'I'm going to eat you for breakfast, and then I'm going to sleep with your girlfriend.'"

"Our grope has been harassed the most."
-Alyssa

Taylor, on Sean and Stephanie getting the only boarding passes from Barcelona to Portland: "Sean and Stephanie get to go all the way."

Andrew, upon hearing of Farrah Fawcett's death: "Who's Ferret Faucet?"

Fellow voyagers, got any to add?

Worst typo?

As mentioned previously, I was typing these blog entries on my ipod touch, which was much easier to carry through Europe, but not as easy to type on accurately. Well, here was everybody's favorite typo, pointed out to me first by Mr. Wendring, then my mom.

"We had a nice talk about the best thongs to see in Barcelona..."

I meant "THINGS to see in Barcelona". As in historical sites, art, architecture, etc.

Even on the topless beach, I was not checking out the swimwear, I promise.