Keep Dreaming! This Week: London!

This week we are dreaming about London, my favorite place in the world…so far! My best friend and I were lucky enough to visit in 2005. We still talk about it and wonder when we are going back! London is a hip city, but steeped in history. Some of my favorite sights of London are: Picadilly Circus where I dream of singing My Fair Lady tunes as I pick up some fresh flowers from the market, the British Museum where they house the largest collection of mummies outside of Cairo, Egypt (and where you are “not to climb on the Lions!” — oops!), the Tower of London where past kings and queens were imprisoned and/or awaiting death and where the Beefeaters still stand guard, then there’s Westminster Abby, Big Ben, the House of Parliament, and last but not least, the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, always an extraordinary event! There is so much to see and do in London (there never seems to be enough time), not to mention that it’s only a train ride away to France and the rest of Europe! This would be the perfect time to go (if you can stand the rain).

British Airways cut spring fares to Europe (from San Francisco) to $297-$373 each way.
That includes 2 FREE NIGHTS* at a 3- or 4-star hotel.

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Keep Dreaming! This Week: Italy!

The Colosseum in Rome

I send my family and close friends a weekly “Keep Dreaming” email of all the great places with the lowest fares that Travel Zoo finds for the week. We’re all Euro-trippers, so I keep my focus there. Life is so busy and money so tight these days, making it difficult to travel to these wonderful getaway spots…as much as we would love to go! So in lieu of actual travel (or wish-you-were-here postcards from these locales!), I send emails highlighting all the places we really want to see, but can’t quite visit…yet. If nothing else, it takes us off whatever it is occupying our minds, and transports us to another country for a few moments…before flashing back to reality! Even though it’s such a tease, we all seem to really enjoy the momentary “dream” of going! This morning’s email:

Your weekly Keep Dreaming Email has arrived!
This week’s destinations: Italy
$387 & up — Fly to Italy in Spring (Roundtrip) incl. Taxes
As always, keep dreaming….we will get there one day!

I’d love to hear about the favorite places our readers have visited, as well as their dream destinations…and please also share your favorite online travel sites!

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