Let's Do This!

Gloria's major fundraising efforts have already been underway for about a month now! She is selling Girl Scout cookies and is also planning some troop fundraisers. Several generous friends have also made monetary donations to her scout account to help towards the cost of the trip!

If you would like to buy some Girl Scout cookies, please let me know at angelinasahm@yahoo.com! Also, if you do not want cookies for yourself, but would like to donate some boxes to the troops via the troop's Gift of Caring Troop2Troop/USO program, please let me know! It is super easy to pay! The cookies are only $4/box.

If you prefer to support Gloria by sending a monetary donation, checks can be made out to Troop 2469 and mailed or given directly to me. Email for any other details!

Right now we are doing preliminary budgeting. Things that will cost money in Paris:

-Eurail Pass
-metro pass
-lodging
-food
-museum passes (Louvre, Sacre Coeur, Notre Dame, Orsay museum, Rodin museum, Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower, Versailles, Sainte-Chappelle, Fontevraude Abbaye, Chateau de Chinon)
-Seine River cruise

I also plan to take Gloria to Chinon to see a castle where Joan of Arc recognized the dauphin and asked permission to raise an army to defeat the English. Also, we will visit the Abbaye de Fontevraud where the incomparable Eleanor of Aquitaine is buried alongside Henry II and their son, Richard I (the Lionheart). (scream with glee!!!)

There are tentative plans to further our travels to the Girl Scout chalet in Switzerland and to briefly visit Prague, which will be two train stops on our way back to Germany. In Germany we will visit with good friends in Berlin and Munich. We are flying in and out of Ramstein, Germany. We are very blessed to not have to pay for airline tickets as we are taking Space-A military flights!

 

So overall, even with the extra days in Switzerland and Czech Republic, we are looking at a tentative budget of $2000. This is amazing for two whole weeks of traveling in Europe! We have booked our lodging in Paris and Chinon already through www.airbnb.com. I plan to write a future blog post about the incredible places we are staying at!!!