For our big non-Asian holiday this year, we are going to Europe again. We will be flying into Milan on the 3rd of June and flying back to Australia on the 13th of July (Arriving back in Perth on the 15th). Milan is simply a hub for us; we won’t be holidaying in and around Milan. I’m too sexy for Milan anyway, and New York, and Japan.
From Milan, we will be flying over to Portugal to visit a few places, then Spain, then a Mediterranean island, then England to visit family. That’s loosely our intention; a growing and evolving itinerary can be viewed by clicking on the Europe Map below.
The last European trip involved a lot of Germany and some of Holland. In the past, we’ve also done a lot of Italy and France. We’ve done Spain and Portugal before, but mainly from cruises and so that has been restricted to the coastal areas. This year, we wanted to do more of the inland areas of Spain and a big draw card for me was Porto – as I had really fancied cruising up the Douro River.
We will repeat our trip to the UK, despite the unnecessary expense of having to renew (and in Judith’s case obtain for the first time) our UK passports, instead of simply visiting using our antipodean passports. I know I’m moaning, and I know that there are some people in the world that would give their eye teeth for a UK passport but combined we’ve paid over $500 just for a pass to visit family for the week. It’s a cash grab and I don’t like it. Still, the beer’s cheap.
