As I sit gazing out at the amazing view from our balcony across Vista Heights (see picture), I thought you might be interested in how we chose the desitinations and activities for our trip. We agreed early on that we would set off in late summer 2011 but took some time to set out our itinerary. Karen had first go - after all it was her idea. The stimulus for the trip was to get a greater understanding of the culture of her students at the Business School. Eura...