Mes voyageurs!!  We are less than 6 weeks out and the time is going to fly by!  I hope that you are all as excited as I am.

A few deadlines that I have for you:

• Please get those passport photo page copies to me ASAP - this covers us for any "just in case" scenarios that we may encounter during our travel
• Please get your $80 in tip money to me by Friday, February 22, 2013 - I have decided that I am going to convert our tip money this time to euros and I will need time to do the exchange

Reminders:

• Call your banks and credit card companies to notify them of our travel plans. Give them dates and places where we will be travelling so that there are no money issues along the way. 
• Verify that any banking cards (debit or credit) will work in France, Italy and the 90 minutes that we are at the Madrid airport
• You are allowed 1 piece of checked luggage per person and 1 carry-on. Whatever you bring, you carry
• Be sure that your 1 checked piece of luggage does not exceed 50 pounds

I would like to have one last "Departure" meeting with everyone on February 28th at 5pm (or whenever you can get there). It will be a longer meeting because we will discuss any and all last minute issues that may arise. If you think of any questions that you would like to discuss at that time, please let me know and we will have it on the agenda.