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StephN · 07-19-2006, 05:57 PM

Dear Esther -
As I recall you are visiting some other cities as well - kind of a whirlwind tour?

You should try to visit Fauchon - it is a deli/wine and "beautiful things" store. You can check it out on line before you go if you get a minute.

Everything is VERY expensive in Europe. The dollar is not favorable to the Euro, so you have to factor in 20-25% more for every Euro you spend. I know if you really want something that money is no object, but the budget can get blown quickly.
You will pay $5 for a little shot of some good coffee, $6 and up for a beer in a brasserie. I have even heard of $8 for a coke in some sidewalk cafes. Small stuff, I know, but sticker shock is everywhere.

Will be excited to hear what you find - I like the shoes when I find some on the narrow side.

07-19-2006, 05:57 PM	#7
StephN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Misty woods of WA State Posts: 4,128	Bon Voyage! Dear Esther - As I recall you are visiting some other cities as well - kind of a whirlwind tour? You should try to visit Fauchon - it is a deli/wine and "beautiful things" store. You can check it out on line before you go if you get a minute. Everything is VERY expensive in Europe. The dollar is not favorable to the Euro, so you have to factor in 20-25% more for every Euro you spend. I know if you really want something that money is no object, but the budget can get blown quickly. You will pay $5 for a little shot of some good coffee, $6 and up for a beer in a brasserie. I have even heard of $8 for a coke in some sidewalk cafes. Small stuff, I know, but sticker shock is everywhere. Will be excited to hear what you find - I like the shoes when I find some on the narrow side. __________________ "When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest." H.D. Thoreau Live in the moment. MY STORY SO FAR ~~~~ Found suspicious lump 9/2000 Lumpectomy, then node dissection and port placement Stage IIB, 8 pos nodes of 18, Grade 3, ER & PR - Adriamycin 12 weekly, taxotere 4 rounds 36 rads - very little burning 3 mos after rads liver full of tumors, Stage IV Jan 2002, one spot on sternum Weekly Taxol, Navelbine, Herceptin for 27 rounds to NED! 2003 & 2004 no active disease - 3 weekly Herceptin + Zometa Jan 2005 two mets to brain - Gamma Knife on Jan 18 All clear until treated cerebellum spot showing activity on Jan 2006 brain MRI & brain PET Brain surgery on Feb 9, 2006 - no cancer, 100% radiation necrosis - tumor was still dying Continue as NED while on Herceptin & quarterly Zometa Fall-2006 - off Zometa - watching one small brain spot (scar?) 2007 - spot/scar in brain stable - finished anticoagulation therapy for clot along my port-a-catheter - 3 angioplasties to unblock vena cava 2008 - Brain and body still NED! Port removed and scans in Dec. Dec 2008 - stop Herceptin - Vaccine Trial at U of W begun in Oct. of 2011 STILL NED everywhere in Feb 2014 - on wing & prayer 7/14 - Started twice yearly Zometa for my bones Jan. 2015 checkup still shows NED 2015 Neuropathy in feet - otherwise all OK - still NED. Same news for 2016 and all of 2017. Nov of 2017 - had small skin cancer removed from my face. Will have Zometa end of Jan. 2018.