2010 Girlfriends Soul Trip
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA!

Veraunda welcomes Ms. Rossie for the 3rd year and gives her the Soultrip gift bag.

Thank you Christophe, Benedict and the entire staff of the Hotel Pont Royal for a wonderful welcome and excellent service during our 5th Girlfriends Soultrip in Paris!

We mixed and mingled over french cuisine at a local cafe. Thank goodness the menu had the English translation under the French!

Ok, time to get to work with the ice breaker...Introducing Madame...

During our first workshop, I discussed redefining how we have fun! Looks, like I was doing exactly that!

Looks like Rosalind is having fun! Mission accomplished!

Our first activity was seeing Paris via the Open Bus Tour

Stephanie is Army strong , a little rain isn't going to keep her from seeing Paris!

First stop...the Eiffel Tower!

Ayanna called her sister as she approached the world famous Louvre. Yes, Mona Lisa was there waiting on us...so was a crowd to see her!

Laureatte and Bev enjoy breakfast before we head off to Versailles.

I know it doesn't look real, but this is the massive and beautiful Palace of Versaille we are getting ready to explore.

The soultrip is about setting your spirit free which is exactly what I did by dancing to the music along the fountains in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles.

I have to feed team member Ayanna for her hard work!

Deltas can find an elephant anywhere in the world! Veraunda, Rosalind, Stephanie and Laureatte enjoy their sisterhood in Paris!

Sisters Vanessa and Angela enjoy Disneyland Parc - Paris

Our empowerment sessions are a time for us to get practical information about how to live IN our dreams.

Nancy Cox with Go Travel shares tips about how to make our dreams to travel the world a reality.

Many of us visited the Cathedral of Notre Dame - absolutely beautiful!

We enjoyed great live music during the two hour ride down the historic Seine River.

New friends Cynthia and Rosalind take one last photo before returning to DC and Germany - their respective homes.

Every woman needs a little black dress...we wore ours on our final evening in Paris as we enjoyed a dinner cruise down the Seine River.

Neighbors, Rossie and Pat, enjoy the sun setting over our dinner.

New friends Rose and Nancy will be staying in touch I am sure!

Well, it is always hard to say good bye before returning to the real world, but great food and wine helps! See you next year in San Diego, California!

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Frequently Asked Questions:

1) Is the Soultrip a tour or a conference? It is not a tour or a conference. My vision for this event was to create a time and place where women could do as much or as little as they like based on their individual interests. We usually have two empowerment sessions and some optional group activities to enjoy the city we are visiting. Our empowerment sessions last approximately two hours each. This allows us to be very interactive and have conversation among the group.

2) Is the registration fee refundable? Once you register, the deposit and balance of the registration fee is not refundable.

3) Who attends the Soultrip? Friends, sisters, mother/daughters, cousins, and co-workers. We even have some women who attend alone just for rest and relaxation! We are a diverse group of professional women ranging in age from late 20's to 70's. Our girlfriends come from all over the United States. This is a small group of women who enjoy mixing empowerment sessions with rejuvenating themselves.

4) Is this a networking group? I leave it up to the ladies to decide how they want to connect with the other ladies on the trip. The purpose of this trip is to connect with someone close to you to enjoy each other's company and rejuvenate from your day to day routine. For some women, this means just sitting by a pool and reading a book, for others it means a trip to the spa or shopping. I don't define the trip for the ladies...we kind of let it flow naturally with a few scheduled times for us all to get together. Ladies who connect with each other on the Soultrip usually exchange information so they can stay in touch.

5) How often is the Soultrip and what time of year do you travel? The Soultrip is once a year, normally in October. However, depending on our destination, we adjust the amount of days we are traveling and choose the best time of year to visit that location.

6) Is everything scheduled for us? No, we don't schedule everything for you. This trip is designed for YOU to enjoy the city based on your interests. Some ladies like art, museums, others like nature or theme parks. You and your girlfriend do your homework to decide how you would like to spend your time together in our host city. I schedule some general activities that are optional for the group to enjoy. I send out an activity form for you to choose the activities that you are interested in attending with the group. The itinerary is always posted on the web site once our plans are finalized so you can see how we will spend our time on the Soultrip.

7) Is everything included in the registration fee? No. The registration fee includes the administration costs of the Soultrip. You and your girlfriend normally divide the cost of the hotel room. You shop or play within your budget. Not everyone joins us for each activity because they are optional, so we provide the costs of various activities in update emails as we approach the trip. Often you can pay these fees as we enter the various activities or I collect the money onsite to pay for us as a group when we arrive.

8) What about meals? Usually we negotiate breakfast to be included with either our administration costs or hotel rate. But we want you to be able to eat within your budget and taste. Some women treat themselves to steaks and seafood, while others eat salads and fruit. Again, this is a trip that you should be able to treat yourself to what you enjoy and can afford! I provide you that freedom throughout the trip.

9) Is the Soultrip in the same place each year? No. My vision is to travel this country and the world. We have held Soultrips in Orlando, Florida, San Antonio, Texas, Montego Bay, Jamaica and Paris, France. I have selected San Diego, California for our sixth Soultrip in 2010.

10) What types of activities are done as a group? We do all kind of things together. We have gone to movies, malls, spas, dinner cruises, dessert cruises, morning walks, horseback riding, swimming, shopping, theme parks, markets, historic monuments, dancing, jazz clubs and bus tours in the cities we are visiting. We really try to enjoy the city for what it has to offer us.