Aroma Tours Newsletter

THIS ISSUE
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- Welcome
- The Adventure Begins
- Current Booking Status
- Robbi and Jim's USA wanderings
- Flavours of Provence ( repeat )
- Heart of Provence and Essential Provence
- Bali Women's Retreat
- Arranging your Travel, Bookings etc.
- Previous Newsletters
- Thought for the Day
- Our Invitation

WELCOME
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A warm welcome to all of the members of our Aroma Tours newsletter in over 39 countries.

We have just returned from a wonderful time in the USA and shortly will be heading off for the start of this year's tour season in Europe. As a result this edition of our newsletter is necessarily brief.

We will be closing our bookings in the next couple of weeks but would still love to welcome a few more Aroma Travellers to join us for our aromatic adventures this year. If you would like to join this year's happy throng either email us at info@aroma-tours.com or call us on +61 3 5331 3254.

As always our current tour information, including pricing and itineraries is available via our information request page at http://www.aroma-tours.com/info-request.htm

If you have recently joined our newsletter or haven't visited our web site in a while we invite you to drop by for the latest updates, photos and information about our tours at http://www.aroma-tours.com

THE ADVENTURE BEGINS
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With the start of our Aroma Tours journeys about to take place we are greatly looking forward to welcoming the first of our guests for 2005 in Florence on May 10th. Robbi, John and I ( we like to think of our selves as the "dream team" ) are thrilled to have so many lovely people from around the world joining us this year.

Including our private special interest groups we are currently welcoming 91 people from over 10 different countries.

CURRENT BOOKING STATUS
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There are still vacancies for all of our tours this year but bookings will be closing soon for most of them.

Our current booking status is:-

Aromas of Tuscany: 4 vacancies
( http://www.aroma-tours.com/aromas-of-tuscany-tour.htm )

Turkish Aromatic Odyssey: 4 vacancies
( http://www.aroma-tours.com/turkish-tour.htm )

Flavours of Provence: 5 vacancies
( http://www.aroma-tours.com/flavours-of-provence.htm )

Provence Aromatherapy Retreat: 2 vacancies
( http://www.aroma-tours.com/provence-retreat.htm )

Heart of Provence Tour: 6 vacancies
( http://www.aroma-tours.com/provence-tour.htm )

Essential Provence Tour: 4 vacancies
( http://www.aroma-tours.com/provence-essential-tour.htm )

Bali Women's Retreat: 3 vacancies
( http://www.aroma-tours.com/bali-women.htm )

Please visit our booking page at http://www.aroma-tours.com/booking-request.htm to reserve your place.

If you have any questions or need to discuss your travel plans with us please email us at info@aroma-tours.com

ROBBI AND JIM'S USA WANDERINGS
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What a wonderful treat our time in the USA has been. Starting with Robbi's presentation at the PIA conference in San Francisco which was a great hit, followed by a wonderful workshop that created the seeds for a return in November to San Francisco, Minneapolis and Tampa.

The friendships that we re-kindled and delightful times spent in the company of good friends are still very warm in our hearts.

We managed to spend a few days in the US capital with some of our most dear friends and it was a great experience to be in such a beautiful city.

Our journey back to LA was a bit eventful with cancelled flights and other challenges but in the end we found our way to Kimberlea's wedding and joined her in celebrating the start of a loving life together with her new husband Brian. Many laughs and a few champagnes were enjoyed by all.

Upon our return to the USA there will be many more great times ahead no doubt.

FLAVOURS OF PROVENCE - REPEAT
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A passion for fine food and wine are an integral part of the Provencale way of life and our Flavours of Provence tour is the perfect way to enjoy these gastronomic delights in some of Provence's finest restaurants.

You will experience and savour a tantalizing contrast of flavours and aromatic delights in gorgeous settings, such as hillside villages, shady terraces, lovely gardens, Provencale mas, historical hotels and charming country inns, all at a delightful leisurely pace.

We have many wonderful experiences for you to enjoy including tutored wine tastings, garden visits, gourmet cooking class with master chef Robert in a beautiful refurbished 19th century kitchen followed by dinner in our own private dining room decorated with tapestries and antiques. Also visits to Provencale markets, antique and brocante stores, Provencale gardens, lavender fields and gorgeous villages.

We stay in a magnificent 18th century Chateau, set amidst acres of serene and peaceful gardens in the Bouches du Rhone and in a lovely riverside hotel in the delightful village of Fontaine de Vaucluse.

More details can be found at http://www.aroma-tours.com/flavours-of-provence.htm and via our information request page at http://www.aroma-tours.com/info-request.htm

HEART OF PROVENCE AND ESSENTIAL PROVENCE
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Our 2 most popular tours in Provence are a wonderful way to experience this beautiful region with the comfort of knowing that we have arranged many delights for you to enjoy. Sit back relax enjoy a cold Rose and a delightful meal - perhaps a nice Magret de Canard followed by a delicious array of cheeses and for dessert, Tarte Tartin.

More information can be found at http://www.aroma-tours.com/provence-tour.htm and http://www.aroma-tours.com/provence-essential-tour.htm and for detailed information please visit our information request page at http://www.aroma-tours.com/info-request.htm

BALI WOMEN'S RETREAT
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This year's Bali Women's Retreat will be held entirely in our lovely family owned hotel in Ubud and will include some extra pampering treatments and an evocative session with one of Bali's most celebrated traditional healers who is directly descendant from the Javanese royal family.

As we mentioned in out last newsletter flights to Bali from Australia can start to get hard to find from this time forward so please do check with your travel agent if you are planning to join Robbi and her dear friend Sally Rodd in Bali.

There are still 3 places left and for more details please visit http://www.aroma-tours.com/bali-women.htm and our information request page at http://www.aroma-tours.com/info-request.htm

Some nice pictures of the retreat can be found at http://www.aroma-tours.com/gallery/bali-women-pictures.htm

ARRANGING YOUR TRAVEL, BOOKINGS ETC
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All of our rendezvous are arranged to be easily achieved either with the help of your travel agent, or for the more adventurous, by booking your flights and connections yourselves. Naturally we provide all of the information and assistance that you ( or your agent ) will require.

Just a reminder that we now have a frequently asked questions page at http://www.aroma-tours.com/faq.htm to help answer the most common questions including how to book, travel arrangements, group sizes.....

PREVIOUS NEWSLETTERS
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If you would like to browse through our previous newsletters, they are available in our archives at http://www.aroma-tours.com/newsletters

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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"I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way."

~ Carl Sandburg ~

OUR INVITATION
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We look forward to welcoming you to one of our delightful tours or retreats this year and invite you to visit our website at http://www.aroma-tours.com for more information about our Aroma Tours as well as the latest photos of our travels.

As always if you have any questions or if you would like us to assist you personally with advice about your travel arrangements or with any other details please contact us either by email at info@aroma-tours.com or by phone on +61 3 5331 3254 ( afternoon/evening USA time zones, mornings from other countries ).

Warmest regards,

Robbi and Jim

Aroma Tours (R)
Ballarat Australia
p: +61 3 5331 3254 f: +61 3 5331 3254
e: info@aroma-tours.com
w: http://www.aroma-tours.com

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