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"Touring France with Scott
Bernhard and
Elroy Christenson
My wife and I first met Scott Bernhard on a Europe Through the Back
Door tour called "A Slow Dance Through France", a more leisurely tour
that promised to take the time to savor the many delights of rural
France while also seeing the highlights of the regions visited. The
tour was a positive delight and furnished us with many fond memories.
Scott was the perfect host, mingling with everyone, jocular, a fine
song leader and tutor in French songs, gestures and
idioms.
Since that time we have had the
opportunity to tour with Scott and his colleague, Elroy Christenson, on
three additional tours. As with the Slow Dance tour, Scott has planned
sufficient time for tour members to fully enjoy the areas visited
without rushing them, and Elroy has added a nice dimension with his
out-going nature, his Art lessons and knowledge of Art History.
Scott and Elroy have now guided us to almost every department in France
and the quality and content of our tour experiences continue to be
superior.
The pleasure that we derive from
tours led by S&E are entirely due to the extensive knowledge that
they bring to the tour: their love of French culture, extensive
knowledge and research of the countryside, Scott's fluency in the
French language, and S&E's uncanny ability to bring us to one
beautiful spot after another, even for minor events such as lunch
stops, and to overnight stays in comfortable hotels in delightful
villages never seen on most tour
descriptions.
We eagerly await his next
public tour offering.
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11/15/06 John and Barbara
Donaldson
who have
already signed up for the 2008 tour. jdonal6917@aol.com