EUROPE ANTIQUE TRIP

A  SERIOUS INEXPENSIVE ANTIQUING TOUR
Trip Itineraries
NOTE:  Our next available trip will be the first week of  December 2008 then February of 2009. We are now taking reservations for the trips outlined below:

Trip itineraries

THE DECEMBER 2008 TOUR:

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30TH
               LEAVE BOSTON, LOGAN AIRPORT FOR 
               LONDON, ENGLAND IN THE EVENING .
MONDAY DECEMBER 1ST
               ARRIVE IN LONDON ON TUESDAY
               MORNING. YOU CAN OPT TO PLAY
               TOURIST THIS DAY OR SHOP WITH US
               AS WE MAKE OUR WAY TO 
               NOTTINGHAM.
TUESDAY DEC. 2 :
               OUR COACH BRINGS US TO THE
                EARLY OPENING OF THE MASSIVE
                ARTHUR SWALLOW ANTIQUE FAIR       
                 AT SWINDERBY AIR FORCE BASE
                WHERE 1000'S OF DEALERS
                 FROM ALL OVER EUROPE WILL
                 BE SELLING.
WEDNESDAY DEC. 3
               OPTION TO ATTEND SWINDERBY 
               AGAIN OR GO WITH US
               ON AN EXCURSION OF ANTIQUE
               MALLS, SHOPS, & WHOLESALE
               SOURCES.
THURSDAY DEC 4
                ATTEND THE OPENING OF DMG   
                NEWARK ANTIQUE FAIR WHICH IS
        THE LARGEST FAIR IN THE ENTIRE  WORLD.
FRIDAY DEC 5
                 More shopping in nottingham.
                 LATER ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON WE
                 WILL TAKE THE "CHUNNEL" TRAIN
                 INTO PARIS, FRANCE AND ALL MEET 
                 FOR A GREAT GROUP DINNER
                 AT ONE OF OUR GUIDE'S
                 FAVORITE RESTAURANTS.
SATURDAY DEC 6
                ATTEND THE "PUCES"
              ( THE WORLD FAMOUS PARIS FLEA    
                MARKETS) OUR GUIDES WILL BRING
                US TO  THE  BEST OPENINGS ON
                BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
SUNDAY DEC 7
                 THE FLEA MARKETS AGAIN.
                 NEW DEALER/SELLERS
                  IN MORE LOCATIONS.
MONDAY DEC 8
                  WE WILL TAKE A TOUR OF THE  
                  ANTIQUES SHOPS OUTSIDE
                  PARIS. YOU MAY ALREADY HAVE SO
                  MUCH GREAT STUFF THAT THIS IS
                  THE DAY YOU MAY OPT TO PLAY
                  TOURIST IN THE CITY.
TUESDAY DEC 9
                   FLY HOME AND BRAGG TO ALL YOUR
                                FRIENDS!
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THE FEBRUARY 2009 TOUR:

THURSDAY JANUARY 29TH 2009
                   FLY FROM BOSTON, MA. TO
                   FLORENCE, ITALY ARRIVING
                   ON FRIDAY MORNING.
FRIDAY JANUARY 30TH
                   YOU MAY OPT TO PLAY TOURIST 
                   AND SEE FLORENCE OR
                   BEGIN  THE ANTIQUE
                   SHOPPING WITH  US. WE WILL END 
                   THE DAY IN OUR HOTEL IN AREZZO.
SATURDAY JANUARY 31ST
                   WALK OUT THE FRONT DOOR OF 
                   THE HOTEL INTO THE
                    FIERA ANTIQUARIA (THE MONTHLY
                    ANTIQUE FAIR) WHERE HUNDREDS
                    OF DEALERS AND SELLERS FROM
                    ALL OVER THE MEDITTERANEAN
           AREA FILL THE STREETS WITH ANTIQUES.
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 1ST
                    ANOTHER DAY OF STREET 
                    MARKETS WITH MORE SELLERS
                    AND MORE STUFF. AREZZO ALSO 
                  HAS PLENTY OF FABULOUS MUSEUMS
                  AND SIGHTS TO EXPLORE.
MONDAY FEBRUARY 2ND
                     OUR LOCAL FRIEND AND
                     KNOWLEDGEABLE DEALER
                     MARCELLO WILL TAKE US ON
                     A BUYING TRIP TO
                    THE COUNTRYSIDE.
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 3RD
                      AFTER TAKING PICTURES AT THE
                      LEANING TOWER, 
                      WE TAKE THE PLANE TO
                      NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND
                      TO THE ANTIQUE FAIR AT 
                      SWINDERBY AIR FORCE BASE.  
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 4TH
                      OPTION TO SHOP SWINDERBY 
                      AGAIN OR JOIN US FOR AN
                      EXCURSION INTO THE
                      COUNTRYSIDE.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 5TH
                      WITH OUR EXPERTS THE KEEFE  
                      FAMILY, WE GO TO THE OPENING
                      OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST
                      ANTIQUES FAIR AT NEWARK
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 6TH
                      MORE SHOPPING IN NOTTINGHAM,
                     THEN LATER IN THE DAY WE TAKE
                     THE "CHUNNEL" TRAIN INTO PARIS
                      AND MEET FOR OUR TRADITIONAL
                      GROUP DINNER. 
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 7TH
                      WE ATTEND THE FAMOUS PARIS  
                      FLEA MARKETS. OUR GUIDES GET
                      US TO SEVERAL OPENINGS
                      ON BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 8TH
                      ANOTHER DAY OF THE PARIS 
                     FLEAS. NEW DEALERS, NEW STUFF.
MONDAY FEBRUARY 9TH
                      OUR GUIDES WILL TAKE US ON 
                      AN EXCURSION TO
                      THE FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE.
                      THIS IS THE DAY 
                      YOU COULD ELECT TO PLAY
                       TOURIST IN PARIS. 
      HAVE YOU SEEN THE NIKE OF SAMOTHRACE?
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 10TH
                       FLY HOME.
                       COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS.
                       PLAN NEXT YEARS TRIP.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU JOIN US. PLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATION EARLY!!!!  

PS: BECAUSE MOST OF OUR PARTICIPANTS ARE WOMEN, I HAVE POSTED THE SHOPPER ON THE RIGHT TO HELP MORE MEN DECIDE TO TAKE OUR TRIP.

^^THE FIERA ANTIQUERIA IN AREZZO ^^


^^ MAP OF PARIS FLEA MARKETS^^


above: The Paris Flea Market


above: A lazy dealer in Paris

above: The streets of Arezzo

above: An ariel view of Swinderby

above: Our quaint Hotel in Paris
above: French barbatine pottery

A TYPICAL SHOPPER AT CLIGNANCOURT.

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