2023.10 Edinburgh and London (Part 1)
We last visited the United Kingdom, well, London, back in 2017. This time around we wanted to see more, and branched out where we split our time between Edinburgh, and London.
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We last visited the United Kingdom, well, London, back in 2017. This time around we wanted to see more, and branched out where we split our time between Edinburgh, and London.
Our time in Europe was over. We had successfully amended my mom’s ticket so that she’d still be able to fly home as originally planned. For us, we had the early flight back to Toronto. When I was offered an upgrade offer, after a [moderately? or very?] stressful vacation, I selected “yes” without consulting Little Miss. We’d just have to put up with comfortable seats for the flight home. 😉
Our next trip was another family trip. Originally, the idea was we’d accompany my mom to Paris in the fall of 2023. That plan and destination disappeared once she found out that there was a once-in-a-lifetime exhibit of Vermeer’s works at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, during the spring of 2023. After a bit of juggling, the plan turned into celebrating Easter with relatives in Germany, a bunch of days in Berlin, and then Vermeer. We would then return home, and she’d continue onward to England to visit a family friend before she’d return home.
Our time in Germany was already over and it was time to travel home. Starting our travel day directly connected to Frankfurt airport’s Terminal 1, it was a stress free day of travel.
Continue reading “2021.12 Germany and Christmas Markets (Part 10)”
Before March 2020, we had a few ideas on upcoming trips. One included traveling to Germany to visit Christmas Markets. Obviously, due to a global pandemic and travel being significantly reduced and filled with ever changing requirements it wasn’t until December 2021 that we traveled. And even then, traveling conditions changed, but we were able to make the journey…
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