International Travel with CMT

[Guest guest]

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WOW, fantastic news about going to Europe! I am so excited

for her - as an artist, she'll be in heaven!

Europe (and I assume you mean the continent here) can be chilly in

March and April. Definitely get her a warm coat, warm shoes,

gloves/mittens, hat, etc.

As for baggage - well I have both non-rolling and rolling, but for

Europe and off planes and onto trains, the rolling ones work better.

For my island paradises, I use the non-rolling soft-sided baggage, as

weight limits are strict, plus the soft baggage is last loaded on the

plane, and therefore the first off - I mean why waste time in an

airport LOL

As for elevators in Europe, I've stayed in places that have them and

places that don't. If can't do stairs, you may want to get

this noted in her travel documents. And by all means, make xerox

copies of her passport, for you to keep at home, also one for her to

keep, but in a separate part of her luggage. Depending on what

countries she's visiting, might be a good idea to register with the

US embassys there, but maybe this will be done with her tour group.

Europe does have those " cobblestone " streets - can be hard to walk

on, hard to describe, but kind of made me wobbly, I had to walk much

slower and really pay more attention to where my feet were going -

especially in parts of Switzerland.

I'm sure and Donna can give you some good advice, as well as

our other European members.

~ Gretchen