If you read my response to your other thread titled "Same Fit for a Touring Bike?" you will see that I said to go to REI. They do have touring bikes there, or at least at the Huntington Beach location. I see at at least two to three Novara Randonnee bikes every time I head there (that's the bike that you tried to bid on ebay). And they also have the Novara Safari, as other posters have pointed out. Head to REI and then you can actually test ride these two bikes and see if you even like the way they ride.
That's the important thing here. You need to like the way the bike rides (or at least be okay with it), otherwise you'd be throwing your money away.