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Going On Vacation Wooohooohooo

Jestgar

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Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
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Leaving Friday after work and it's getting REALLY hard to concentrate....

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Lisa Mentor
Lisa
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Wow! Take us along with you with a pictorial tour.

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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Well yeah, I can certainly see why!

Have a great time! We adopted one kid from Russia, so we were in far-eastern Europe. It's very different from here! We took the train there, so we got to see some of the countryside ... but it was January so there was snow.

Take DEET so that you don't get bitten by any ticks. ;) Lyme is on every continent except Antarctica!

Have a wonderful time!

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
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This sounds like a lot of fun!!!! Have a safe trip.

Phyllis28 Apprentice
Phyllis28
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Have a super trip.

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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Jestgar--how exciting!!! :D

Have a wonderful time, be safe and take lots of pictures!

Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
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Take DEET so that you don't get bitten by any ticks. ;)

:)

Thanks for the reminder, I had forgotten the insect repellent!

Thanks for the cheery wishes everyone. I'll try to post now and then when I stop to send email to friends and family. And I'll definitely give everyone the low-down on food - since that seems to be the major travel question posted!

AAAAGGGGHHHH will this week never end!!!!!!!

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pedro Explorer
pedro
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Hi

Have lots and lots fun.

Enjoy it.!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Take care.

nikki-uk Enthusiast
nikki-uk
Posted

I demand that you have a FANTASIC time!!!! :D

...safe journey :)

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Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
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Hi all!

I'm in Slovenia, having gone through Croatia and Bosnia to get here. Tonight I head for Budapest.

Food has been no problem. I found rice cakes in Croatia and the hostel here in Ljubljana lists which foods on it's menu are gluten-free. Flour is used far less often as a filler so I've had no problems with CC. In Italy I bought gluten-free cookies to bring with me and have been munching through those as I go. The hardest time was the plane ride over here, lots of time in airports, but I had breakfast bars and nut bars for that.

24 more days to go!

tiredofdoctors Enthusiast
tiredofdoctors
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It sounds WONDERFUL!!!! I hope you're having such a good time. Glad that food hasn't been an issue so far. Pretty amazing that they use less flour in those countries as filler than the US -- bet they have a lot less Celiac, too!!

Keep us posted -- I am so happy for you! Take care . . . . .

Love,

Lynne

nikki-uk Enthusiast
nikki-uk
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Hi all!

I'm in Slovenia, having gone through Croatia and Bosnia to get here. Tonight I head for Budapest.

Food has been no problem. I found rice cakes in Croatia and the hostel here in Ljubljana lists which foods on it's menu are gluten-free. Flour is used far less often as a filler so I've had no problems with CC. In Italy I bought gluten-free cookies to bring with me and have been munching through those as I go. The hardest time was the plane ride over here, lots of time in airports, but I had breakfast bars and nut bars for that.

24 more days to go!

EXCELLENT!!!

...sounds FANTASTIC!!....and no food worries too! :D

Enjoy the rest of your adventures!! :)

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