Exotic Tango Vacations, LLC brings you: “EAU DE TAN GOGH” TANGO VACATION IN FRANCE, SEPTEMBER 16-25, 2003 The teachers are: EL INDIO and MARIANA, and Eduardo Saucedo, celebrated instuctors from Buenos Aires. The vintage of these instructors is unquestionable. A bold blend of zesty berry, smoky pomegranate, and the flavor of saffron and rose petals heated by the sun. We'll have the best of both worlds with three days in Paris, but then this perfumed trip is even stronger, and leads you to the Dordogne at Chateau St. Loup, for two days. With 12th century gardens, a large outside woodfloored dance tent and another in the castle, complete with chandeliers and fireplace, we will have an abundance of dance atmosphere and space! This castle was the inspiration for the fairytale, PUSS AND BOOTS. Look up the story, and you may see the castle! Dordogne is rich with forest, truffle and mushroom country. Then your nose and taste buds lead you to Sarlat-le-Caneda, a beautifully preserved medieval market town. During our two days there, we have another fabulous dance space available to us, in between journeys to Eyzies-de-Tayac and the cave paintings, and more castles. Next we travel through the Gorges de Tarn, some of the most stunning scenery in France. We will go up through the Langued'Oc *region where the people have more of a "Mediterranean attitude." Langued' Oc is a mysterious land where the mystic Christian community of the Cathars lived in the 13th century. Persecuted by the Inquisition, these Christians believed humans were fallen angels, and named their faith the "Church of Love." They were obliterated by a Crusade, but the passion of their beliefs and their mysteries remain in stark and unforgettable stone bastions and towers. Giddy with great wine and olfactory ostentatiousness, we move on to Toulouse for two nights to dance with the Tango community there, and to take a tour to Montsegur, through the villages and Cathar country south of Toulouse. After experiencing the passion of the Cathars, and a night of the conflagration of Tango, we take an early morning high speed train back to Paris for a last night in the City of Light before returning home. Our trip is over, but the scent will remain in your memory forever. PRICE OF $2,925 PER PERSON, double occupancy or $5,450 per couple. This price includes the recent increase we had to do of 8% adjusting to new Eurodollar value. This price includes all lodging and breakasts in three and four star hotels, two nights in the Chateau with all meals, champagne garden party, ALL tango classes and milongas with our teachers, tourbus transportation within France, train back to Paris from Toulouse, entrance to caves at Ezyies-de-Tayac. Price does NOT includes airfare, not airport transportation THREE days in Paris, dinner at “GEORGES”, tour of the Louvre, dance, gaze, absorb. MILONGA. TWO days at the Chateau de St. Loup, dancing on huge wooden floores, dreaming in the castle keep, walking the 12th century garden. TWO days in Sarlat-le-Caneda; the magic of what a medeival market town was like, a night tour through the gas lit town, shopping, cave paintings and castle visit, dancing. A RIDE through the Gorge du Tarnes, some of the most striking scenery in France. Imagine cliffs in Utah, the moors of Scotland, and old villages hugging cliffs, deep caves with chystalline sculptures, and that is somewhat like what you will see. TWO days in Toulouse, with a visit to Montsegur and the Cathar ruins, dancing with the Toulouse tango folks. LAST afternoon and evening in Paris, City of Light. Dance.
$800 deposit is due by June 1, please. Deposit: $800, due by JUNE 1 ENTIRE deposit is refundable if trip is cancelled by ETV. A minimum payment of $1,000 towards the balance of each participant is requested by June 15, 2003. Total balance is due July 15, 2003. For cancellation after June 1,you will receive back 25% of your total payment in surplus of $800 deposit. You may get back 25% to 100% of your hotel costs, depending on each hotel. You will not receive any other reimbursement. SEE: www.beyondtango.com for more on the teachers and photos. For other events, see www.visionarypower.com E-mail: [email protected] USA phone: 505-983-1744, speak to Woody Bobb. Mexico phone to speak to Christina: 011-52-415-1424342 Good ticket prices: Ann Dolan at the culture Bridge: 651-645-2587 MAKE CHECKS TO: Christina Johnson, SEND to C. Johnson,c/o Woody Bobb, 19 C amino Cielo Alto, Santa Fe, NM, 87505. Write "Tango" on the envelope
