Aug 20 2004
Preparation Days
We just got a new Nikon camera today. We’ve made most of the hotel reservations today. Lots of work. We’ve been to 2 Rick Steves’ travel class, also consulted David for trip planning last week.
Rick Steves shop is so socialistic that is true European. The name is startling: Europe through the Back Door.
But people there are incredibly helpful. You walk around and they’d approach you to offer help. You ask questions big or small and they were happy to answer for free. Apparently they all enjoyed travel fervently. Although the selling point has always been thrifty and and homeliness, you can feel a touch of loftiness when you hear them talk.
Anyhow, after sitting through two free classes and wandered around in their shop long enough, when we finally met the consultant, we already had most of the questions answered. No laptops, no Zermatt. Interlaken instead. And so on. In the end, we were still pretty happy to pay $40 for a 40 min session.