dear gawd, she is micromanaging them, telling them to change reservations to Goleta. I wrote her and said she should consider Carpinteria hotel is probably less expensive for them. NG > From: "Gail" <http://www.cox.net/~g3> > To: "Pascal LECOINTE" <http://www.orange.fr/~lecointepi> > Cc: "NOELLE" <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg> > > Hi Pascal and Isabelle, > > Thanks so much for your very helpful itinerary. I have one immediate > suggestion (before Don has a chance to read your email when he gets back > later this afternoon). Can you please change your hotel reservation in the > Santa Barbara area from Hotel Best Western Plus Carpinteria Inn which is > located (according to my phone book) in Carpinteria which is a town about a > half hour or more depending upon traffic South of where we live to the hotel > Best Western South Coast at 5620 Calle Real, Goleta at 805-967-3200 which is > located 5 minutes from our home? If you would like us to phone and make the > change in your reservations for you, please let us know. That way we can > easily get together for meals at our home, making the touring excursions > that you would like to do, etc. Please make sure you all bring your bathing > suits to occasionally go swimming in the Pacific Ocean (which is usually > cold) and/or in our condominium's swimming pool, especially since August is > usually our warmest weather month. To get to that Best Western Hotel in > Goleta, you would just drive from Hwy. 101 and get off at the Patterson exit > and head towards the mountains on Patterson Rd. Then turn left onto Calle > Real. The Hotel will be on your right side of the street a short distance > down (past the fire station and Maravilla retirement homes). Once you check > into that hotel, you can phone us at: Noelle's-dad's-phone-number, and we will tell you how > to find our home near there. > > Best Wishes for a safe and wonderful journey, > Gail > http://www.cox.net/~g3 > 623 Las Perlas Dr. > Santa Barbara, CA 93111 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Pascal LECOINTE > To: Gail > Cc: NOELLE > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 1:34 PM > Subject: re: from Gail and Don further re: your trip to Ca > between 8/5 and 8/23 > > Hi Gail & Don, > > Sorry we are fully booked with our jobs, we don't take time to give > you detail information about our trip in Ca. > > Neverless, we have already booked: > > > 4 nights from the 4th to the 8th August at Santa Clara, Hotel > > Best Western Santa Clara Inn > > - Our main objective will be to visit San Francisco and its > areas with Noel & Robert if there are available. > > > 1 week from the 10th to the 17th at Las Vegas, it's an apartment > > booked with our time share points > > - we will schedule to visit the area of the Grand Canyon > > 5 nights from the 18th to the 23rd August at Santa Barbara, > > Hotel Best Western Plus Carpinteria Inn > > - we are not so fluent with our English, we prefer make > excurtions, visits instead of going to the theater or assist > to a spectacle, we will prefered to visit the Pacific coast , > the country, typical & old village. > > - If possible we will visit Los Angeles, Hollywood ... > > Currently, we let few free days into our agenda in order to manage > travel between our 3 steps. > > Best regards > > Isabelle & Pascal > > > Message du 14/06/13 08:09 > > De : "Gail" > > A : "Pascal LECOINTE" > > Copie à : > > Objet : from Gail and Don further re: your trip to Ca > > between 8/5 and 8/23 > > > Hi Pascal and Isabelle, > > We are getting a little concerned that we haven't heard from you yet as > to the exact dates you will be in Santa Barbara (between San Francisco > and Los Angeles). We think it's important for you to make your hotel or > motel reservations soon as they get booked up most likely during the > busy Summer tourist/travel season both in this area and when you are > visiting Noelle and Robert in where-I-live and San Francisco. It would be > very helpful to us if we know the exact dates you will be in Santa > Barbara in August because now already we are getting invitations to do > other things from friends, etc., and we have to let them know if we will > be available to attend dinners, etc. with them or whether that would be > the time we will be busy visiting with you and touring you around our > area which we are very much looking forward to. > > Can you please let us and Noelle and Robert know the exact dates you > will be visiting us and them as soon as you can. Don and I will be out > of town from July 5 until July 14 to go on a small ship cruise to > Southeast Alaska on the Inland Passage/Glacier Bay with 76 passengers. I > have never been to Alaska before. Don went with Noelle many years ago > but not in this part of that State. With this small ship we will be able > to go on zodiacs and go hiking to get up close and personal with nature, > so it should be a wonderful trip. > > We look forward to receiving your reply soon with your more definite > Ca travel plans. If you can, please include the type of things > you would be interested in doing and seeing so that we can plan a nice > itinerary for you. > > Best Wishes, > Gail and Don > http://www.cox.net/~g3