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: With all this talk of vacations, and watches of course, I thought I
: would share my plans for European Vacation I
: (I call it that, expecting that there will be a sequel).

: My wife and I (neither of us have been in Europe before) will be
: leaving in a week for a 31 day self-directed auto tour. We're
: starting in Zurich, trying to catch a vintage British Car meet
: in St Moritz on the weekend, then down through Cortina for a
: couple of days in Venice. From there, it's off to the Tuscany
: countryside for a couple of days in wine country, then over to
: the Cinque Terra area for a bit.

: My wife found out there's a jazz festival in Nice, so we'll be
: heading there where she scored some BB King tickets for an
: evening concert in an outdoor amphitheater.

: Then it's off up through the Alps back to Switzerland ending in the
: Neuchatel and La Chaux-de-Fonds area for some watch tourism
: activities. Suggestions are welcome for "not to be
: missed" places in watch country. Is the new TAG Heuer
: museum open for the general public? It's hard to tell from their
: web site.

: This is also the part where you experienced forum dwellers can help
: - I'm looking for any kind of suggestions, hints or secret
: corners where vintage watches might be had.

: After our fill of watch country, we'll be flying to Hamburg then
: driving along the Baltic coast to the Gdansk & Gdynia area
: of Poland, and meeting up with friends and almost-relatives from
: here in Seattle for a week of festivities. My wife will be
: celebrating her 60th birthday, a good friend's sister is getting
: married the next day (Polish wedding celebration!) and then out
: to the "country house" to celebrate the birthday of
: one of the family's patriarchs. This promise to be a real treat,
: the feast is provided by the local "foresters" and I'm
: told will include an entire roasted wild boar.

: So - now it's just time to figure out which watches to take .....