Things are coming together and my favorite step-mother, Pat, has saved the day and volunteered to take the Muffy. Muffy gets treated like a princess there, so she will be happy while we are gone.
Okay, if you ever decide to go to Europe this next piece of info might be helpful. In my last post, I mentioned that I was trying to get seat reservations on the euro rail. The reason for this is that even though you may have a rail pass, during high tourist season, there may not be enough seats for the train that you want to travel on which could cause some delays in your travel. To be safe, I decided to do this because we will only be in Venice for a day and a half, so I want to get there early in the day. These reservations cost a little extra, but I'd rather be safe than sorry.
I found out from the AAA lady that the website that is listed on the euro pass and all the other info isn't where you can make seat reservations!!! You have to go to www.raileurope.com! I don't know how you would figure that out, but I am just glad I found it. After going to the site and trying to make a reservation, I found out that you have to make those reservations in enough time for them to send the tickets to you via snail mail.
Plan B...you call the number that is listed on the website and wait a minimum of 30 minutes. The good news is, is that you are connected with someone in the US that represents euro rail. I found out of course that there wasn't enough time to get my reserved seat tickets in the mail.
Plan C....as luck would have it, there is a licensed travel agent here in Charlotte that can issue me the tickets here! Yay....plan on trying it tomorrow. Stay tuned to see if it 'all works out in the end'.
For all Charlotteans that might like to have this info, the travel agency is Court Travel. 704-372-4231
