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I have been to two places in the bahamas in the past couple years -- the westin at our lucaya (we flew into freeport -- not sure which island this is), and then hotel riu on grand bahama island.

here's a thread about the riu, which includes pictures:

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=44784&p=3&topicID=5909165

i went to the westin for a wedding, and it was significantly more expensive (not all inclusive and food/drinks were outrageously priced).  riu was all inclusive, which made it easy to relax.  as far as nightlife, riu had not much of it's own to speak of (stuff closed pretty early -- 11 or 12, i think), but atlantis is right next door so you could head over there and stuff was open later.  at our lucaya, you could walk across the street to "port lucaya" ( i think this is what it was called), which was a little walking village type thing with touristy shops, restaurants, and bars.  there was a pretty good bourbon street-style nightime scene going on there (acutally, daytime too -- frozen to-go drinks -- the bride's 18 yr old sister came back wasted  at 3pm on the first day we were there, talking about $1 shots). 

Florida next month, but still trying to figure out what to do with my summer vacation. I am still using up vacation time left over from last year.

Bali in August for my honeymoon!

In case anyone is looking for good flight deals, I saw a sale on the Lufthansa site during my search!! I love vacation planning!

due to the expense of China, we will probably only go to NC once to the Lake and possibly a lake weekend to Minnesota.

I dream of something tropical though.

Hopefully Alaska... Ever since 4th grade when I became obsessed with the Iditarod, I begged my parents to go to Alaska for our summer vacation. Now they're going this summer, but I might not be able to because of school! UGH

And I want to go on a smaller trip with BF this summer, but I guess that depends on his school/job this summer. He already has a cruise planned with his parents and brother, so I don't know if he'll be able to take off more to take a small trip with me.

Girls I am jealous!! All your trips sound so fun!

If I can get away from my store -

long weekend in Palm springs
long weekend in cambria or monteray Ca
a week in Cabo San lucas.

Dh just left for japan for business, and I am so bummed I couldnt go with him and stay a few extra days ...

Just got back from a week in Paris :).  Next up - a trip to SF/Napa to visit my SIL.

Paris is wonderful!  If you have time for a week trip, I highly recommend it!  We stayed for 6 nights at Hotel Du Lys in the 6th (right by St. Michel and Odeon).  We then splurged and stayed the last two nights at Hotel du Crillon by Place de la Concorde.  Well worth it - though very expensive.  You feel like a princess.

Here's a brief list of the things we did:

1.  Explored/shopped around Place Ste Sulpice

2.  Took a short trip to Versailles and walked around the grounds - we'd already visited the chateau before

3.  Went to the Picasso museum, ate falafel and went to tea in the Marais

4.  Wandered along Rue Ste. Honore and had the most delicious hot chocolate at Angelina

5.  Went to the Louvre and shopped the galleries

6.  Explored the Champs Elysees and the side streets around there

7.  Visited the Orangerie museum to see the waterlily paintings

8.  Ate lots of wonderful food!

Have fun planning your trip - I wish I were going on vacation again now!