i just booked flights: to stockholm in mid-april, return from rome eight weeks later
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i really wanted to fly turkish air business class with a full-flat seat but i was torn: our itinerary is complicated enough without adding a distant, exotic city (that i am dying to visit), which is why i didn't pull the trigger when i should have and now the price has gone up up by 20% so we'll be flying premium comfort on delta. ugh that's expensive, too.
so far the trip looks like:
two weeks in stockholm
a week we're tryna decide on
two weeks in paris
three weeks ... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
fly home from romebetween stockholm and paris, we're looking at an overnight ferry to helsinki, three nights there, then fly to copenhagen for three nights, then fly to paris
after paris ... ? this train route looks appealing! maybe stop off for a night or two at a few places
then rent a car and explore puglia
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so far the trip looks like:
two weeks in stockholm
a week we're tryna decide on
two weeks in paris
three weeks ... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
fly home from romebetween stockholm and paris, we're looking at an overnight ferry to helsinki, three nights there, then fly to copenhagen for three nights, then fly to paris
after paris ... ? this train route looks appealing! maybe stop off for a night or two at a few places
then rent a car and explore puglia
@peterhoneyman doing some research for my own trip, I keep hearing people suggest Bologna is seriously underrated. Might be a good day or two stop to explore Emilia-Romagna.
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so far the trip looks like:
two weeks in stockholm
a week we're tryna decide on
two weeks in paris
three weeks ... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
fly home from romebetween stockholm and paris, we're looking at an overnight ferry to helsinki, three nights there, then fly to copenhagen for three nights, then fly to paris
after paris ... ? this train route looks appealing! maybe stop off for a night or two at a few places
then rent a car and explore puglia
Copenhagen is out, it's Riga instead.
We'll take a ferry from Helsinki, stay for two nights, and fly from Riga to Paris. The ferry docks after dark, so really just one full day to see Riga, but we can check out the national art museum and a couple gothic and medieval churches, shop, have time for some some flânerie and a nice dinner. In Riga. Fucking Riga.
So I booked a room at the Hotel Neiburgs in Riga.
Copenhagen can wait.
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Copenhagen is out, it's Riga instead.
We'll take a ferry from Helsinki, stay for two nights, and fly from Riga to Paris. The ferry docks after dark, so really just one full day to see Riga, but we can check out the national art museum and a couple gothic and medieval churches, shop, have time for some some flânerie and a nice dinner. In Riga. Fucking Riga.
So I booked a room at the Hotel Neiburgs in Riga.
Copenhagen can wait.
Lynn booked an apartment in Stockholm for two weeks in April. It's really close to my daughter's apartment (in Saltsjö-Boo); we've stayed there before and we're lucky to be able to return.
I am looking for a hotel in Helsinki for three nights.
Then we can work on the post-Paris part of the trip. Lynn wants to spend a few days in Turin before heading to Puglia. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ OK! Never been to Turin!
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Lynn booked an apartment in Stockholm for two weeks in April. It's really close to my daughter's apartment (in Saltsjö-Boo); we've stayed there before and we're lucky to be able to return.
I am looking for a hotel in Helsinki for three nights.
Then we can work on the post-Paris part of the trip. Lynn wants to spend a few days in Turin before heading to Puglia. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ OK! Never been to Turin!
oh wait there is no longer a ferry from helsinki to riga. we're going anyway — we'll fly!
i booked a "sea view" room from stockholm to helsinki. still need a hotel there. but i am busy watching ligue 1 soccer matches all day.
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oh wait there is no longer a ferry from helsinki to riga. we're going anyway — we'll fly!
i booked a "sea view" room from stockholm to helsinki. still need a hotel there. but i am busy watching ligue 1 soccer matches all day.
i booked flights from helsinki to riga (on finnair), then on to paris (air baltic to AMS, KLM to CDG). we just have to find a hotel in helsinki and travel/accommodations for the first five weeks will be set in place.
what happens after paris is still a little bit of a mystery. we have three weeks to get to rome for our flight home. we had thought of spending a short week in lyon, but italy beckons so we'll prob'ly take a train to turin (and then get to lecce somehow).
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i booked flights from helsinki to riga (on finnair), then on to paris (air baltic to AMS, KLM to CDG). we just have to find a hotel in helsinki and travel/accommodations for the first five weeks will be set in place.
what happens after paris is still a little bit of a mystery. we have three weeks to get to rome for our flight home. we had thought of spending a short week in lyon, but italy beckons so we'll prob'ly take a train to turin (and then get to lecce somehow).
i booked TGV tix from paris to turin; looks like we're going to bypass lyon after all. someday i want to spend a week there, but lynn is in a hurry to get to puglia.
looking at hotels in turin, where we will spend a few nights.
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i booked TGV tix from paris to turin; looks like we're going to bypass lyon after all. someday i want to spend a week there, but lynn is in a hurry to get to puglia.
looking at hotels in turin, where we will spend a few nights.
made real progress today: booked hotels in turin and helsinki!
2½ weeks left to plan. i'm sure lynn will want to spend a few days in rome at the end, so we'd better scoot from turin to lecce as quickly as possible. it's a ten-hour train ride, even on the frecciarossa, so i'll be looking for a morning flight, which is under two hours.
from lecce, we'll be traveling mostly in a rental car. (a panda!) (note to self: book a rental car)
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made real progress today: booked hotels in turin and helsinki!
2½ weeks left to plan. i'm sure lynn will want to spend a few days in rome at the end, so we'd better scoot from turin to lecce as quickly as possible. it's a ten-hour train ride, even on the frecciarossa, so i'll be looking for a morning flight, which is under two hours.
from lecce, we'll be traveling mostly in a rental car. (a panda!) (note to self: book a rental car)
we're about six weeks out from departure.
i booked a flight from turin to brindisi. lynn found an apartment in central lecce ("the florence of the south") for four nights, and a bougie (but inexpensive) agrotourism place in salve (wherever that is) for five nights, which we'll use a base for exploring with our rental car.
there's a few ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ nights in puglia.
then on to rome, where lynn found an apartment not too far from gregory's, a fabulous jazz club.
then home!
it looks like this.
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we're about six weeks out from departure.
i booked a flight from turin to brindisi. lynn found an apartment in central lecce ("the florence of the south") for four nights, and a bougie (but inexpensive) agrotourism place in salve (wherever that is) for five nights, which we'll use a base for exploring with our rental car.
there's a few ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ nights in puglia.
then on to rome, where lynn found an apartment not too far from gregory's, a fabulous jazz club.
then home!
it looks like this.
sounds amazing. have a wonderful trip.
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we're about six weeks out from departure.
i booked a flight from turin to brindisi. lynn found an apartment in central lecce ("the florence of the south") for four nights, and a bougie (but inexpensive) agrotourism place in salve (wherever that is) for five nights, which we'll use a base for exploring with our rental car.
there's a few ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ nights in puglia.
then on to rome, where lynn found an apartment not too far from gregory's, a fabulous jazz club.
then home!
it looks like this.
@peterhoneyman
Wow, Peter! Your calendar looks crazy! Stockholm, Paris, Torino, Rome... so many flights! Are you really okay? You are not 20 years old anymore! Haha. Please don't push yourself too much. I worry about your legs and back! Take it easy and enjoy the jazz at Gregory’s. -
we're about six weeks out from departure.
i booked a flight from turin to brindisi. lynn found an apartment in central lecce ("the florence of the south") for four nights, and a bougie (but inexpensive) agrotourism place in salve (wherever that is) for five nights, which we'll use a base for exploring with our rental car.
there's a few ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ nights in puglia.
then on to rome, where lynn found an apartment not too far from gregory's, a fabulous jazz club.
then home!
it looks like this.
@peterhoneyman I am envious of your stop in Lecce. I missed my opportunity to go there a long time ago (took the ferry from Patras to Brindisi and turned right instead of left because I was in a hurry to get to Florence sigh).
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@peterhoneyman
Wow, Peter! Your calendar looks crazy! Stockholm, Paris, Torino, Rome... so many flights! Are you really okay? You are not 20 years old anymore! Haha. Please don't push yourself too much. I worry about your legs and back! Take it easy and enjoy the jazz at Gregory’s.thanks, koya. it looks busy, doesn't it?
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we're about six weeks out from departure.
i booked a flight from turin to brindisi. lynn found an apartment in central lecce ("the florence of the south") for four nights, and a bougie (but inexpensive) agrotourism place in salve (wherever that is) for five nights, which we'll use a base for exploring with our rental car.
there's a few ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ nights in puglia.
then on to rome, where lynn found an apartment not too far from gregory's, a fabulous jazz club.
then home!
it looks like this.
four weeks out. i finally got around to booking train tix from lecce stazione to roma termini, and reserving a rental car (stick shift!) for nine days of bouncing around puglia. housing for four nights in puglia is left open, to figure out when we get there.
i'm so glad i didn't book those full-flat turkish air tix out of DTW (although a recent mal au dos flareup is making me dread the overnight flight to LHR ... in a chair. ugh. and i'm about a half million miles short of an ugrade #alas)
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four weeks out. i finally got around to booking train tix from lecce stazione to roma termini, and reserving a rental car (stick shift!) for nine days of bouncing around puglia. housing for four nights in puglia is left open, to figure out when we get there.
i'm so glad i didn't book those full-flat turkish air tix out of DTW (although a recent mal au dos flareup is making me dread the overnight flight to LHR ... in a chair. ugh. and i'm about a half million miles short of an ugrade #alas)
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the travel is fully booked: bus, ferry, train, plane, and rental car
and so are the accommodations: apartments in stockholm, paris, turin, lecce, and rome; hotel rooms in helsinki and riga, an agrotourism masseria in salve, and four unknown nights in southern salento (hopefully not in our rental car)
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the travel is fully booked: bus, ferry, train, plane, and rental car
and so are the accommodations: apartments in stockholm, paris, turin, lecce, and rome; hotel rooms in helsinki and riga, an agrotourism masseria in salve, and four unknown nights in southern salento (hopefully not in our rental car)
plans to travel light thwarted once again #alas
we have two carry-on bags, which was the plan
also a large bag that looks like a medicine bag, full of presents for the kids and grandkids, which we will leave in sweden
and a collapsible bag that we plan to ship home from paris with our winter clothes (and probably some gifts)
so by the time we are bouncing around italy, we should be down to those two carry-ons
plus a knapsack on each of our backs
yeah, that is not traveling light, is it?
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plans to travel light thwarted once again #alas
we have two carry-on bags, which was the plan
also a large bag that looks like a medicine bag, full of presents for the kids and grandkids, which we will leave in sweden
and a collapsible bag that we plan to ship home from paris with our winter clothes (and probably some gifts)
so by the time we are bouncing around italy, we should be down to those two carry-ons
plus a knapsack on each of our backs
yeah, that is not traveling light, is it?
assuming you don't want to look you're doing a youth hostel tour for the whole trip, hard to get below a carryon and a backpack.
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plans to travel light thwarted once again #alas
we have two carry-on bags, which was the plan
also a large bag that looks like a medicine bag, full of presents for the kids and grandkids, which we will leave in sweden
and a collapsible bag that we plan to ship home from paris with our winter clothes (and probably some gifts)
so by the time we are bouncing around italy, we should be down to those two carry-ons
plus a knapsack on each of our backs
yeah, that is not traveling light, is it?
not traveling light, yet again #alas
125 lb. or so
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not traveling light, yet again #alas
125 lb. or so
@peterhoneyman I’ve had less baggage when moving house
Have an excellent trip!
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not traveling light, yet again #alas
125 lb. or so
We’re on a bus! From BTC (Blake Transit Center in Ann Arbor) to DTW.
