Hi Sam!

I'm really glad Season 2 has started. I hope it was fun to shoot. I'm glad everythig turned out okay with John. How stressful. I hope you are having an excellent break and are spending lots of time with friends and family.

Congratulations on your engagement! I'm so happy for you. Have fun planning the wedding!

I do have a question for you:

In the Florence and Lisbon episodes (and probably some others), I noticed that you had an excellent pink tote bag with brown straps. Do you remember where you got it from? I would love to have one like it. Also, you wore a FABULOUS turquoise skirt while in Mykonos. Same question as before.

By the way, thank you so much for (inadvertently) helping me with my report on Spain. I used the Madrid and Seville episodes in my presentation. You will be in my bibliography (or at least the show will be). My Spanish teacher from last year is actually using some of the Spain episodes in class (I recorded them for her).

Anyway, thanks a bunch and hope to hear from you soon!

~Kelsey
022560@yorkstudent.org
OR
slyvesterd@sbcglobal.net

P.S. My kitties say hi to Fiona! Or 'meow', as they say. ='.'=

P.P.S. I hate to bug you, but I would LOVE an autographed picture of you.

Hi Samantha !

I'm new to the forum but my wife & I have been fans of yours for a while now.Just wanted to say hello & keep up the good work !We'll keep watching...

Congrats on your engagement !

All the best !

Jim

P.S.We are planning a trip to Hawaii & were wondering what were your thoughts on the island of Kauai...any recommendations ?

Dear Sam,

Wow! Congratulations-your ENGAGED!!!Did you say you were going to have the wedding in Vegas?????Anyway, thanks for your opinion on the itineraries. Despite the fact that you're engaged and soon to be married, do you think we'll still see you on the Travel Channel? I mean,it would be difficult but your husband can always come with you while filming. But when you do decide to have children, wouldn't it be tough? I believe you have found your niche-with the Travel Channel and it is very apparent. We (you, all your viewers, and Pine Ridge) have come to be very close. Please stay. But when you do finish the second portion of Passport To Europe, what's in store for you next? Speaking of which, what ever happened to Michelle Beadle and Tracy Gallagher? Are they still with the Travel Channel?

Next order of business: Sample Sales/Coats
My mother lately has been fascinated with sample sales. Being from NYC, you must be seen at a lot of those. She would like to know what kind of deals you've found? In addition, she would also like to know how you get into the Manolo Blahnik and Chanel sample sales. I'm also pleased to say that my mom loves your coats. Where do you get them?

Next order of business: Mail
Where should I send you mail?

Sammmmy!!!!
Holy cow,congratulations on your engagement! I'm unbielivably happy for you! You sure deserve it, although I'm terribly heartbroken Didn't you already go through a drive in marriage already in Vegas? I think you were in a Mustang convertible,but I'd trade for an '06 this time around We are all invited to the reception right? I have to say I'm with some of the others,that I had no idea where Mykonos was until I this weekend when I saw that episode! What a great place,and now I know where the name of the little greek cafe' in my town came from,duh! Anyway,I wish you all the best in the future from the bottom of my heart and keep up the great work!! Love ya!!!!!

Sam,

I'm afraid i still didn't get a clear picture- regarding if you ever did a one hour mardi gras special- please let me know. There has been some debate- some people thought you did and i just thought they were those promotional commercials- and not a one hour special- please clear it up.

thanks.

also another idea for the future- a great castles show!

Good idea. I second that motion!

kthynoll

How's it going! How's Reading? Just dropped my mom off and picked up Sammy's Steak sandwiches which were to do die for cheesy. Yeah, a lot of the hotels in Santorini look just like that but Katikies was absolutely incredible. I really fell in love with Santorini and wish I had more time to spend on their beaches. The black sand beach was just hot but I wouldn't rule it out. I wasn't a big fan of Fira which I felt had a lot of really trashy stores selling just awful goods. Parts of it were beautiful but most had just completely given way to tourism. Nice to hear from you again and here's hoping you have a chance to go to Santorini yourself.

Well congrats Pinkerton Astro!

Us hunky guys from NH are disappointed but glad you're happy. This Alvirne Bronco has finally escaped the frozen tundra of New England and got sweet banking law job down here in the Miami area. I have to say Passport has been your best work, not that Great Hotels wasn't great but...Europe seems to really agree with you and the energy shows. You're a true traveller rather an a tourist doing the same ol' same ol'. Are you registered anywhere? I'm sure your fans would love to send you gifts. I wish you luck in your marriage and have a question - is there a hotel in Miami where I should check in for weekend just to spoil myself something really indulgent?

Please take care,
Tom

P.S. Lancers stink!

my god, if all her fans sent her gifts, she would have to buy yet another house!

Patraveler

what a hotel experience you had in Scotland! You have got to be kidding me...12 floors and no elevator? That's torture of the medieval kind! It seems like your wife and yourself are the "roll with the punches" types of travelers. Didn't you find the people there to be so genuinely kind? All of them are such characters. I remember one of the great fellas we had a chance to work with told me a saying his grandmother always said which was (imagine hearing a thick brogue) "what you are deserved in life won't pass you by" I love that

take care and a picture is yours!

Patraveler

Oh I forgot, we did do the Bobby statue so I don't know maybe it was cut from the show but I loved that one too. And yep, I tried haggis and thought it was quite tasty but it did make my stomach a little queasy about an hour later

oldsalem69

Well thank-you so much I am beyond thrilled! I'm glad you like the Greece episodes so much it's a beautiful country and you just try to do a destination justice.

Good Evening Greg W.Cowan

yes, I saw the interest in the DVD series I think it's a great idea so I'll bring it up to the powers at be and see if it's something they have even considered.

Hey again, Lady Samantha!

A gumdrop tree! Don't think I've ever seen one of those anywhere before? Where did you get it? That's really a novel idea!

Enjoyed watching and recording the Santorini episode this morning. But, I was a little concerned for ya when you went down those steep steps. But, hooray!, you made it okay! I think I'd have to scoot down myself, carefully, with someone carrying my crutches down for me.

Seems like there's always a festival going on in Greece to take part in, or did you just happen to arrive at the right times? I think it's neat how the Greecian children grow up enjoyning and liking the music of their parents generation, too! My Mom and Dad danced the jitterbug, etc., to the music of the Big Band Era, and over the years I've found myself coming to like the Big Band Sound just as much as the Golden Oldies of Rock 'n' Roll, the Beatles, the Carpenters, ELO, Phil Keaggy and Paul McCartney, etc. My favorite Big Band from that era is the Glenn Miller Band. My folks had a large collection of Glenn Miller LPs that they used to play a lot when I was growing up. Who or what groups did your parents play a lot in your house when you were growing up, Samantha?

Add my congratulations, too, to all the rest on your engagement! Wish you and the guy who "won your heart" all the best. I was wondering, too, if we understood you right, that your statement "Las Vegas, here I come!" means your wedding will be in Vegas. Or is Vegas just to be for your honeymoon?

I remember you once said you dreamed of living in a big house with a wraparound porch on the coast of Maine. Is that where your new home will be? That would be fantastic if that's still your dream and it's coming true!

Steve

OldSalem69

We unfortunately can only shoot one series at a time. I have looked into the possibility of cloning myself but if there's two of me than one Sam will be in Europe and I'm afraid the other will have to be in NYC cleaning kitty litter. Great Hotels season four is always a possibility because it's still such a popular show so it would be a pleasure to go back to it but for the next year we will be in Europe. Thanks for asking!

Sam!

Let me be the latest to congratulate you on your upcoming nuptials. Can’t help but speculate if this was the result of a whirlwind romance or one of your former beaus who came to his senses and realized what a good thing he almost let slip through his fingers. Whichever the case, your soon-to-be-betrothed is the personification of one lucky guy. Make sure that he knows you have an un-ending number of big brothers (and sisters) ready to straighten him out if he should happen to get out of line ;-).

Seriously, I’d like to echo travel1st’s comments about whether this might spell the end of your globe-trotting for the ol’ T.C. We have, literally, grown accustomed to your face (along with various hairdos) and would be bummed out if this meant your days with us are numbered. But as I said before, we consider ourselves to be your friends and nothing is more important to us than your happiness even if it means your retiring to a palatial estate.

Caught the Athens premiere of your new season and enjoyed seeing you basking in the warmth of a locale for a change before your viewers get the impression that Europe is a just a bit more temperate than Siberia. I’ll admit that the only attraction Greece held for me was the opportunity to visit Navarone and see the place where the Allies destroyed those massive guns (then I found out that it was all fiction and the island doesn’t even exist). I must say, it does look like a perfect location to escape a Chicago winter, but it take more than that to get me across that water.

Mother O. noticed that Patty’s name was missing from the credits of the Athens episode. Hope she and John are doing okay in their recovery. Remember rule number one is not to let the wedding plans freak you out. No matter what you do, you might still wind up appearing on “Wild Weddings”. And if there are any hard feelings regarding our White beating your Red in baseball, just remember, we had waited even longer than you guys had.

Talk to you soon.

Sam!! How are you?? It's been a long time. How is everything? I was a cruise this past week for new years. It was so much fun. It was a Norweigan cruise. During one of the show, they pulled me up on stage. LOL. The show was a cowboy theme. I was sitting in the front row with the friends I went with, and one of the guys in the show says to me "It looks like you want to come on stage. Come up and go center stage." And the they taught me and the 2 other people they pulled up to line dance. And little did I know how many people were in the audience. There were probably no less than 200 people in the audience. It was ssssoooo much fun. I'm actually thinking of applying to the cruise line because I really want to be in the entertainment part of the cruise. I got to get going. I really hope yo hear from you soon.

~Rory

Hello Sam!

Congratulations on your engagement! Am so excited and happy for you. Do you have a wedding date already?

I think your shows have been airing here for quite sometime now by some of the cable companies here. Have been seeing your shows since I switched cable company last 2004.

We have all your other shows too. Great hotels, great vacation homes, disney special. Haven't seen Girl meets Hawaii though also your first cruise. Last December, they featured most of your shows on Destination Week. Great hotels in Florida, Great hotels in America, Great Family hotels. It's sad though that I wasn't able to watch every night cause I was already sleepy by 9pm. I was in my early weeks of pregnancy then.

I just spoke to a friend of mine who worked in Taiwan for awhile. She said that your shows are airing in Taiwan too. She is actually sad to come home and find out that their cable provider here does not have Travel and Living.

I already wrote to Discovery South East Asia and expressed to them my sadness over their new schdule. Have created a new discussion too looking for other Samantha Brown fans here in Asia who can protest with me.

Didn't know that it was so difficult to get out of that ball. I will just take your word on how it feels like to ride that thing. I don't think I want to experience it myself.

Philippines is known for its sunny weather and great beaches. It's not expensive to have your vacation here. Plenty of places to go to if relaxation is what you seek. Let me know if you want to visit our country. :)

Maggie from the Philippines

PS. Can you please send me a picture too? Please? My email address is maggieco77@yahoo.com. Thanks!

Where in the world is Intl Doc?

really where are you these days? Let me thank you as well for keeping the home fires warm it was great to check in from time to time and see how everyone was getting along, even if I couldn't participate. I'm usually in internet cafes with lots of smoke or teenagers wondering what in the world this old woman is doing on their turf, so I try to keep my time checking emails short.

you know I got to tell you, and this may make me a bad person, but I rarely buy anything for anybody...except myself. isn't that terrible? and really the only thing I buy ALL THE TIME is olive oil and wine. So you can imagine that this ways down already very heavy luggage. And i live in a 4 floor walk up with NO elevator. My muscles go into absolute convulsions after having sat useless on a plane for 15 hours only to run up 5 flights of stairs with two 60 lb bags. So I never want to add more weight with chotkies. Also, My whole family is in a simular perdicament in that we all have too much clutter so does my mom who is trying to pawn off her fine china on me really want wooden clogs from Amsterdam? Her name in Celtic printed on a scroll or worry beads from Greece. nope. My idea is to buy really incredible wine and share it with them while talking about some of my experiences. There's no gift greater then just spending quality time.

I hope all is well with you wherever you are!

ste, i mean Sean

so sorry about that. I think I read your email to quickly. anyway good luck on your exam!

Hi again Sam! Congrats on your engagement and your new home!!!! I will surely read of your romantic proposal and hope for the same someday. I guess I need someone to propose to me first though. Ah well, I'm only 18. I have time. Did you mention VEGAS? I do love Vegas, but it’s really more hyper-active than I’m used to. I’ve been twice. Both times I stayed at Caesars Palace. Not a big surprise with my another obsession with Celine Dion. I highly recommend seeing her show “A New Day…” there if you’re into that kinda thing! Good luck with all the planning too!

I was pleased to get out of school early today since it was our 1st day back. I got to sit on the couch and watch the new Santorini episode. What a wonderful place! I enjoyed your meeting with Christoforos a lot too. I'm going to college for artsy things. I start my first painting class tomorrow night. Yikes! A little scared since my "thing" is mostly photography. I'm sure I'll be no cathedral painter, but it was certainly fun to see someone as great as he was and his work. I loved your chat about the artistic aspects of the city, like the colors and stuff.

Thanks for your sympathy for myself and Kloie. I’m sorry too that Fiona doesn’t like your traveling as much as you do. If I traveled as much as you, I'm sure Kloie would feel the same way Fiona does, especially because she's so weird with other people now. Give Fiona a rub on the chin for me! Sometimes having the zoo I have gets to be a lot. My mom helps out somewhat, but I'm mostly the one who takes care of the furry critters. I love them all so I don't complain that much. WOW I thought I had TJ for a long time. 12 years is a long time to have a cat! It's nice she's not always alone while you're away on your travels. I think my hamster would rather me be you than me. He's very antisocial and doesn’t care for a lot of human interaction. Nila, my dog, tries to get in the suitcase anytime I pack to go on vacation. The last time I went to Vegas, she hopped in. Silly dog. I just thought it was kind of funny... like she was telling me she wanted to go too. We did actually take her with us to the Outer Banks last summer. It's absolutely my favorite place in the world and really neat since it's in my own state!

I enjoy reading all your postings and such. I absolutely LOVE the photos in the Mykonos journal. Very pretty. One of my dreams is to someday travel the world and take pictures like those. Oh, believe me, I laughed a lot again today since I got to see the entire hour and a half of you today. Your journal of Mykonos was great too. I laughed especially at your ending statement of the reversed dream, hahaaaaa! I guess you could say I was a typical Brownhead today . Talk to you soon! (sorry this has gotten so long!)

Brittany

Bigse

thanks for being a fan for a year now and welcome to the boards. Rachel Ray, Amy Wynn Pastor and myself all have some simularities but Dennis Rodman? that's quite a jump!