Holiday list
Easter holidays are not that far and its a long long weekend! Obviously, it’s too late to get cheap tickets anywhere (thanks to all the annoying people who can plan ahead), but that’s not going to stop me from making a list of places I would like to go to. After all as Eco says, there is nothing more wonderful than a list, instrument of wondrous hypotyposis.
1) Athens - the Acropolis, the Parthenon, Plaka, Ancient Agora, Syntagma, Ermou Street, Kalimarmaro Stadium, Mt. Lykavitos, Kolonaki - its definitely on the top of my list!
2) Copenhagen - I haven’t read all that much about Copenhagen, but it look so nice in all the pictures! And I have never been to any of the Scandinavian countries and this would be a great first! Have you seen the city bikes there - wonder if they would let me export one back to Amsterdam?
3) Venice - Who hasn’t dreamt of visiting Venice? I think my fascination probably began many years ago when I first came across the Merchant of Venice - it was one of the few European cities I had heard about at that time. Anyways, summer, apparently, is not the best time to visit Venice - so if not this time, won’t be till the later part of the year.
4) Prague - Everybody seems to be going to Prague these days, and coming back with rave reviews. I want to see it too!!
5) Istanbul - if Turkey doesn’t figure in the list, my better half is not coming to the travel agent with me. Not that I don’t like it, just that he is so insistent on it, I just like to play the devil’s advocate. And I have to admit that Venkat’s travel notes have made me really reconsider Istanbul and it has finally squeezed its way into my top ten list!
6) Berlin - I know! I know! I cannot believe it too that I used to live in Germany and haven’t visited Berlin. As part of my German class assignment, I had to write a long essay on a German city and I cheated and picked Berlin, even though I had never been there. So now, I have to go!! Its a question of my conscience! Also, I HAVE to see the Berlin wall and the huge glass cupola inside the Reichstag. And of course, have a refreshing cup of coffee “Unter den Linden” (under the Linden trees), because that’s what I had done in my rather futuristic essay.
7) Nice - Because I need to experience the French Riviera and Transavia usually offers cheap flights to Nice. I have lived near beaches all (or almost all) my life, and its been almost two years since I have been on a really warm sunny beach! The sea, the sand and the sun - I can almost hear the waves!
8) The midnight sun - I know easter is too early to see the midnight sun, but I really hope to catch it this summer. And I should be able to get tickets to any one of the seven places above - and then I intend to use this list for the rest of the summer trips - and the midnight sun definitely figures in that. Haven’t decided where to go yet - Sweden, Finland and Norway experience the midnight sun - so it will be one of the three.
9)Aurora Borealis - Now that the list has sort of lost its original purpose of Easter holiday choices and disintegrated into possible things to do this year, let me add watching Aurora Borealis to it. It’s been on my mind ever since I saw those out of the world pictures some time back, which I was so tempted to blame on someone’s Photoshop misadventures - yet are so real, and so beautiful. I never really got around to finding out how to be at the right place at the right time. I should keep an eye on these - Aurora Forecasts and IRF. If you have “been there done that”, any suggestions on picking the place and the best time to go would be most appreciated.
10) CSI Miami - Last but not least, a trip to Miami! Did I mention I miss beaches? Have you tried searching for US and tourism in google - why does Chicago come up tops?
That’s it for now! Now I keep my fingers crossed that I’ll get some tix for Easter..
istanbul rocks… we fell in love with turkey when we were there in october last year. if you want to read about our trip you could go to http://dna-inturkey.blogspot.com
Comment by d — March 27, 2006 @ 3:19 am
Thats a great link. Thanks…:)
Comment by Sue — March 27, 2006 @ 5:32 am
sigh- yes, istanbul is aboslutely….I am not going to tr this right now:) see if you can read our posts. and if you want online research for Turkey, this is possibly the best one we found (and we looked a lot!):
turkeytravelplanner.com
Comment by the shakester — March 27, 2006 @ 7:14 am
Hi Sue,
Nice list! Most of these are on ours too. I feel both excited and depressed when I think of all the places we still have to visit……not enough time in this lifetime to finish all!
Hey, we are headed to Nice in April (Easter break). You and your better half (!!) should join us.
Comment by Anjali — March 27, 2006 @ 11:40 am
You can get really cheap flights to eastern europe on wizzair.com or skyeurope.com —we’re heading to Budapest and Sofia in the summer and tix are dirt cheap! Check it out.
:)
Dazzle
Comment by Just Dazzle — March 27, 2006 @ 1:19 pm
Thanks for the links..they are definitely gonna come in handy this summer..
Comment by Sue — March 29, 2006 @ 5:36 am
Hey Sue
All the places on the wish list seem great. but if you pick Miami, you need to also drop by and see me, so I vote for Miami!
Comment by rambler — April 4, 2006 @ 7:11 pm
I vote for Athens & Istanbul. Never been there. Always want to go there. Chicago is a nice city to visit in the summer. Easter is definitely not the time
Comment by riotofreasons — April 9, 2006 @ 1:57 pm
What ! Bombay not on your list ? Think - you could see the wardrobe malfunctions first hand
Comment by Amodini — April 10, 2006 @ 4:53 pm
Interesting list.. I would add spots in Thailand too. Great sights and great food! Great ingredients of a good vacation trip!
Comment by Paper Rockets — April 30, 2006 @ 1:08 pm
Prague and Berlin are both spctacular in such different ways. All that beauty and character can amazes you and leave you wondering how differently cities evolve despite being in the same continent. I hope you did get to travel over easter. And that you have plans to steadily demolish your city wshlist whilst building great memories. Enjoy!
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