Welcome Nikki from me and Ben - the furthest people coming all the way from New Zealand. Yes I've herad that Canadians are the craziest ones..

Its getting so close now..

Hey Waikato whats your email add??

haha prada bag aye! better not mess with that!

i work as a Biosecurity Officer at the local council. my email is benjos84[at]hotmail.com. you can find me on facebook under that address too...and bebo, but apparently that's "not as cool" as facebook! haha! what's your addy jaffa?

welcome to the tour group nikki. i was told that the contiki trips are full of Ozzies but we seem to be all from other countries. cool!!

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Anyone planning on travelling after the tour?

Wow Bio-Security. remind me not to mess with you, you might have some secret chemical hiding somewhere..
Waikato - chrissylloyd79[at]gmail[dot]com same with me on facebook.

Ben I'd heard the same mostly aussie but its wicked we are all over the world.

Nikki - Im off to Egypt after - but not thru Contiki. What about everyone elses?

Wow, a person goes away for a few days (been down in Sydney) and look at everything I've missed!

Welcome Nikki!

As most of these ppl's know I'm also doing 3 contiki tours. Start off in Egypt, Euro Exp, then onto Great Britain & Southern Ireland! YAY

Feel free to add me for those who haven't!

Hi Kristen, welcome aboard. The numbers are increasing for this tour which is great. The guys are out numbered by us girls. My email address is karmstrong@live.com.au.

66 days until I depart Australia !!!

Ahhh! Another Aussie! Nah jokes. Hey Kerri! Yeah I had heard that there were usually more girls than guys on these Contiki trip. Can't see that as a bad thing really

Hey Jaffa, my job is about protecting you from evil possums and stoats and stuff here in NZ. Possums are pests, not pets...although the Australians here may disagree

I tell ya what Ben the more you and crispy talk the less I understand.

And being outnumbered by the girls OMG, what will we ever do with ourselves!! Drown in estrogen thats what.

As far as my travel plans they include going to Europe and then coming back at the end of the tour. 3 weeks and some change is a long vacation here.

Sorry Ben..I honestly have no clue what you were saying to Crispy in the last message..haha...not only that we have more girls now...we even have more people from the "islands" of the southern world...well I suppose I can learn more about the Aussie or "the island of the long white cloud"'s culture.

Hi everyone I've been so busy of late I haven't had a chance to read everyones replies in detail until this morning so Hi from AUS to all the new travelers on the tour.

I'm really looking forward to meeting everyone and us gals will keep you guys on your toes. This is going to be a really fun tour, we have a great mix of personalities here!!!

I really looking forward to seeing Paris, Italy and the Swiss Alps.

Ben & Chrissy, can't promise there won't be any kiwi jokes......

Hey everyone...I need some help...I am thinking about this duffel bag...want some opinion on it...I will be going on the Egypt tour prior to the European one....do you gusy think the 30" would be a bit too big...not that I am going to bring alot of stuff but I rather have extra room for stuff that I might buy on the way. What do you all think?

High Sierra Duffel Bag

http://www.luggage.com/asp/show_detail.asp?sku=UV1327&r...-UV1327#ReviewHeader

Hey Jon,
That bag is pretty similiar to the one I bought, quite practical I think especially for when we are in Egypt.

I think that bag looks awesome Jon. It's def better then this old suitcase I am going to bring.

I say go for it!

Wow that pack is pretty impressive there Jono! I have just a simple back pack. Still unsure how I'm gonna pack it with all my stuff and still leave room for souvenirs!

Kerri, tut tut tut...there's no such thing as kiwi jokes, only Aussie jokes. How silly!

Started my Italian lessons again yesterday. The more our tutor talks of Italy, the more I want to go! Can't wait!!!

italian lessons, eh?
i'll be sticking close to you in italy! haha

don't worry i've got you covered in france!