August 25, 2007
Rambling about my European winter vacation
I know I still owe you a Spirit Airlines review. I'm going to put it off one more day and hope that I find my notes by tomorrow...
So instead let me ramble for a bit about my winter vacation plans. I may have already mentioned somewhere that we're going to Munich for the Christmas market (not to mention the museums and other things). We haven't quite decided where to go after that (for New Year's).
My first thought was Paris, but no one seems to know if they are doing fireworks or not. Apparently it's not an annual thing. I know I could still look forward to La Grande Parade de Paris on January 1st, but I'm not really crazy about parades.
I heard something about Monaco's International Circus Festival. I'm not even sure what that is yet but I have to figure out what I'm doing soon in order to book hotels so i should go look it up...
We plan to wrap up our winter vacation in Madrid. I just read that it gets pretty cold in Madrid in January and that maybe we should go further south, maybe to Seville. I think I'll brave the cold in Madrid. I don't think any weather will keep me from seeing Plaza di Cibeles.
So the rough plan is:
1 week in Munich (including Christmas)
1 week in Paris (including New Year)
1 week in Madrid
We actually have about 3 and a half weeks so we might try to do both Madrid and Seville.
Anyway, if you have comments or suggestions, especially about the best New Year's celebrations in Europe, please leave a comment.
Posted by James Trotta at August 25, 2007 11:03 AM | TrackBack
To heck with all the high prices in Europe. We're going to Puerto Vallarta for New Year's this year. Lots of good restaurants and dancing on the beach at midnight.
Posted by: kay harbour at August 25, 2007 3:08 PMGo to madeira Portugal for New years. Its a beautiful island, perfect weather in January and the largest fireworks display in the world!!!!
Posted by: gen at August 26, 2007 11:32 PMGood Morning! This is new for me..I've no comment on NYE in Europe as I will be going there for the first time OCT 1 thru OCT 31. I'll be landing and staying in London but for my side trips. Trying to make plans to go to a place I know so very little about has been daunting. I'm 55, on a budget, traveling alone. I've a private home I will be staying in so my housing is good. It's the itineraries. I'm hoping to go to Ireland, Wales, Paris and Scotland via rail. I'm wanting to buy a rail pass but the cost of close to 700 USD...WOW! WILL I need a 15 day pass do you think? Am I better off to get tour tickets which include travel--(Stonhenge, Leeds, Bath, etc) than to buy the tickets sep and use my rail? How realistic is it to believe I can take in many different points of interest as those I mentioned before in a day? How about the London Pass? IS it worth the $? I feel as though I need someone to hold my hand!! I'm so very excited to have the opportunity to be able to do this and I am so hoping to experience the UK and it's history to it's fullest. I'm staying in Ireland with a friend for 4 days and am still seeking cheap digs in Scotland and Paris.
Any advice anyone can give to this virgin of European travel?