Trips and Tours

SHAPE, along with most of the military bases around here, offers a Trips and Tours service. They're always going to great places for decent prices. There have been many trips that I've wanted to go on since we've been here, but haven't, for one reason or another. (rowdy 3 year old being #1)
This January, they're taking a brewery tour of two different breweries, one of them to a monastery that brews not only beer, but makes cheese and bread as well. It's a great price, adults only, transportation included, but outside school hours and during the week. Along with the food, they're going to Brussels this month for a quick tour and a French cooking class. For the price they're offering, the transportation is virtually free. They're also going to Disneyland Paris at the end of the month for a great cost.
They take several trips to Amsterdam since it's close and there are always new families that want to go there but are afraid to venture out themselves. They try and specialize them as well, the trip coming up is going to the art galleries.
Over ski week, (yes ski week, it's an actual break that school lets out for) Trips and Tours is going to Lisbon, Portugal. Awesome! Since they're flying there, the prices are a little bit more, but how great would it be to go to sunny Portugal when it's so dreary and rainy here in Belgium. Now, if they were taking a ski trip, my husband would have been the first one in line for the trip, but they're not.
This past week, the morning radio show had on the director of Trips and Tours, who's first language is not English, but speaks it with a fabulous accent. She was talking about the fun trips they had planned and was really excited about the trip they had planned for spring break. (2 weeks off here for spring break.) They had scored a great deal at a 4 star hotel with an indoor pool that offered breakfasts and dinners included in the price. They are going to Spain!! Spain, in April on a 10 day vacation. I heard that and my heart sunk a little, I have to admit. 10 days!?! That was going to be so expensive.
Then she said the prices for adults and children and said to come in to see what the best deal was for each family. OK, after hearing her prices, I thought she had misspoke and I did murmur a small explicative.  The DJ thought the same thing and had her repeat the prices she mentioned.  We were going to be able to take a 10 day vacation to Spain for less than it would cost me to fly to Nebraska alone.
So, here's the deal. We're going to Lloret de Mar, Spain for a 10 day vacation! (8 days when you cut off travel time) We'll get to see Barcelona, visit the beach, see gorgeous cathedrals and architecture, see Parc Marineland, among many other things.They have a trip planned to a Medieval dinner show that my son will love! I don't want my time here to go any faster than it already is, BUT, April can't get here soon enough.
Again, thank you US Army for sending my husband to this great duty station!
http://www.lloretdemar.org/info/