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September 18, 2002
There are several other tours that we are looking at. The preferred dates we would like to travel are the beginning of December, as Karen has some commitments for later in the month, closer to Christmas.
One that looks good is German Christmas Markets 2002 from Binder Reisen. (I know nothing about this company.) One thing that looks good about it is that it also includes a visit to the Steiff teddy bear factory in Geingen. The problems we see with it are:
1) it only stays in two cities, Stuttgart and Munich, with day trips to other places;
2) there are visits to multiple Christmas Markets on the same day, and there may not be enough time at each one to really get the feel of the individual markets;
3) The only option is December 9-15
This last item is the one which will probably cause us to decide against this tour, as we would prefer one for a week earlier, and then stay on our own for a few days after the tour.