Thursday, September 07, 2006

Anniversary Trip


Tuffy and I have been going on a little trip somewhere or another for a week to celebrate our anniversaries. Sept. 29 will make 5 years, and we had this idea we would visit Gros Morne National Park in Western Newfoundland. So I went online and found some great prices on plane tickets on an airline called CanJet. You may have heard that they just announced that they will stop flying September 10. They have promised a refund, but it leaves us with a little problem. The other airline that flies to Deer Lake, Air Canada, offers ticket prices that are almost triple the CanJet prices. CanJet is asking the other airlines to try to take their customers at the same fare, but I'm not holding my breath.

If better AC prices don't pan out, we're thinking of going somewhere else...who knows where. Maybe we'll get some last minute tickets to some surprise destination. Last night we talked about a quick trip to Italy, or perhaps Amsterdam. This morning we talked about flying to New Orleans, spending a couple days there, and driving through Louisiana to Houston, where there are apparently some excellent art museums. In any case, we're not going to make any decisions until we get our dough back from CanJet (they've promised a 48 hour turnaround).

Suggestions are welcome......

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Fly to New Orleans, rent a car & then drive from seafood shack to bbq joint to seafood shack to bbq joint over and over again.

Fedex leftovers to me :)

John of
Information Junk

Gardenia said...

CanJet? The name itself sounds scary. Don't know if you've been to New Orleans since Katrina and along the Gulf - a group of my friends went for a good time and ended up crying most of the trip. New Orleans has been on my heart too - love the South.

Anonymous said...

That trip to New Orleans sounds like it could be fun and eye opening.

Where ever you go, have a good time. :)

mister anchovy said...

The latest idea: Lisbon

Wandering Coyote said...

I was going to recommend the 1000 Islands. Seems like you want to go big, though. Italy would get my vote. New Orleans... I have a friend from there who lives abroad now and she went to visit it a couple weeks ago...not a pretty sight, and moldy as hell.

Poor CanJet. The airline industry how has us by the shorthairs.

Candy Minx said...

Drive to Chicago!

Candy Minx said...

No really...I wouls day New Orleans or Florence. I want to move to New Orleans. I am sorry to hear that Wandering Coyote made me worry, yes it would be sad...but it would be good to give them tourist support.

I tried to talk Stagg into moving there...

You could see some music, the Rebirth Band plays on tuesdays still at the Maple Leaf!

But then...you could just hang it and go to Florence...but likely you'd rather plan a little more for that trip, take more time?

Timmer said...

Gros Morne looks beautiful, I think that you should try and go there!

* (asterisk) said...

If you've never been to Italy before, do it! If you have been to Italy before, go to a different part this time!

I love love loved Venice, but Rome, Milan, and Florence are all beautiful, as are many other less well-known areas. Wife and I go to Italy at least once a year, and sometimes up to four times, albeit mainly to see her family.

mister anchovy said...

so many choices.....but we're going to Portugal. details soon.