Almost Paris

The niggling little flutters are increasing as the count down approaches for our departure to Paris in less than 48 hours.  

Still lots of small hurdles to jump like seat allocation and packing.  How did we end up sitting in different locations (?)  Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.  Why do the small annoyances take up so much space in your mind (?).  An hour on the phone sorted one segment and I gave up for the remainder of the flight.  I may regret it - mid flight stuck between 2 sleeping fellow travellers.   

I might have to call in the expert (Elizabeth) to help with my packing.  It is challenging to choose clothes for the cross section of weather conditions.  Paris will be mild, Norway, much cooler and Vienna/Munich a little warmer and Singapore positively hot and humid.  So it will be thermals to sundress over 6 weeks.  As Mark said, 'as long as you can carry it, you can wear it'.  That's just cruel !

 

Planning Stages - Early May

Mark and I leave for Paris at the end of May for a 6 week tour of Paris, Norway (3 weeks), Vienna, Cesky Krumlov, Munich and home via Singapore.   There are no travelling companions this time - what have we done to scare them away ? ! *.  Nothing, I believe; timing is everything in life and our times didn't match.

Most of the planning has been completed (much to my horror).  However, common sense tells me that it's not advisable to arrive in Paris in peak tourist season without a booking.  Hence a new type of travel accommodation - AirBnB has crept into our schedule.  AirBnB offer an entire apartment albeit someone's home.  Firstly in Paris, then Bergen and Vienna.  We are looking forward to this new experience.  The remainder of our time we will stay in good old fashioned hotels.

We will hire a car in Norway and drive from Bergen northwards to Trondheim where we fly to the Lofoten Islands in the Arctic Circle.  

What inspired us to undertake such an intrepid tour of the Northern Hemisphere?  Well, I blame Kitty and Graeme.  Their stunning photos and stories of scenic beauty were so convincing that we had to outlay good money to prove them   ..............  right.