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Take it or leave it
So obviously this is just a pipe dream to keep me sane at the moment, but I'm already thinking about delayed holiday plans if/when the current crisis ends.
Given the holiday time/money I'm hopefully saving from no Eurovision this year, I was thinking of taking 3-4 weeks off and going travelling around November-December time.
I've put very little thought in, but one option I was thinking of was to get the Eurostar to Hamburg, and then travel by ferry up to Norway (via Denmark) where I could stop for a few days with a dear friend who lives in Oslo.
Then I could spend a couple of days in my beloved Stockholm before hopping over to Helsinki, then another ferry to Estonia. Spend a day or two in Tallinn, then hop over to Riga and Vilnius before looping back around to Germany, probably via a day or two in Poland.
I'd almost certainly be doing the trip alone but I have friends in a few of these places who I'd hopefully meet up with. I was thinking if I timed it well I could see some lovely Baltic/Nordic Christmas markets.
My only concern is that travelling at that time of year could be quite dull. Normally I'd be well up for a bit of outdoor/nature stuff as well, but that might not be on the cards.
So I guess my question is - has anyone ever done off-season travel of this nature, and if so how have you found it?
Anyone else making similar plans?
Given the holiday time/money I'm hopefully saving from no Eurovision this year, I was thinking of taking 3-4 weeks off and going travelling around November-December time.
I've put very little thought in, but one option I was thinking of was to get the Eurostar to Hamburg, and then travel by ferry up to Norway (via Denmark) where I could stop for a few days with a dear friend who lives in Oslo.
Then I could spend a couple of days in my beloved Stockholm before hopping over to Helsinki, then another ferry to Estonia. Spend a day or two in Tallinn, then hop over to Riga and Vilnius before looping back around to Germany, probably via a day or two in Poland.
I'd almost certainly be doing the trip alone but I have friends in a few of these places who I'd hopefully meet up with. I was thinking if I timed it well I could see some lovely Baltic/Nordic Christmas markets.
My only concern is that travelling at that time of year could be quite dull. Normally I'd be well up for a bit of outdoor/nature stuff as well, but that might not be on the cards.
So I guess my question is - has anyone ever done off-season travel of this nature, and if so how have you found it?
Anyone else making similar plans?