I just made the final payment on my daughter's graduation present. She is a highschool senior and we've decided to give her a trip to Paris. She leaves 5 days after graduation and will be gone for 9 days. I try not to think about how much money this was....I could have a very nice new machine...but I guess my Brother works just fine. I'm SO excited for her!! I've never been.

Wow, what a grad present! I gave my daughter a used car!LOL!

That's what I got for graduation - and I LOVED it!!! This is something she's really, really wanted for a long time.

This is a wonderful gift you are given her.

I used to live closer to Paris then now, been there three times.
Still miss it and would like to visit again, but nowadays it's pretty much not likely to happen.

Those memories are still fresh in my mind. Europe is beautiful and an adventure. Many things to see and to do. Impressions that could last forever.

This might be a trip she won't be able to do anymore, so thank you for letting her go.

Sewing machines could come and go, a trip like this may not.

She will come home with many memories. My daughter has been to Europe three times on her own and would move to England if she could find a job there!! She is a history buff.

What a great gift. My DD wnt to France in HS.....we literally sold 1,000s of candy bars to help pay for that trip, lol! She loved it!

What an awesome gift! I'm sure she'll love it!

What a wonderful gift!!

Lucky daughter - I didn't get a present for either of my graduations ;-)

She will love Paris though. I still have very fond memories of our MBA trip there - our final, and compulsory, course!

SandraD, my niece and nephew live in France ( my 2 brothers kids) and they both are so happy there.
My niece has lived there at least 15 years. She has a good job in a publishing company and my nephew is an artist.
I have a good reason to go someday!!!!!!!!! :D:D
Your daughter is in for a big treat!

What a wonderful gift. She is going to love it.

great gift! we took our daughter to Holland and Iceland for her graduation gift. She had already spent a semester in Australia. she loved Australia so much and wants to move back there someday (ugh, way too far in MHO). She went to Spain after graduation from college, to teach English, like an au-pair position without the diapers changes! She loved Spain, though hated the family situation. Now, she is back in Spain teaching ESL and living on her own and loves it. We're off to visit in about 7 weeks!! woo hoo (and taking the 85-year-old father-in-law with us).