So my parents want to come visit me in Europe. I’m looking forward to it and I have to say that I can’t decide what to do. They want to rent a car and drive around. We did this once when I lived in Germany. We took a car from Frankfurt and drove around for about nine days. We had a blast too. It was generally a great trip and my parents loved it. We drove down through Freiburg, Straussburg, the Cote de Azure, Northern Italy, Austria, and finally back to Trier (near luxembourg)
They want to do it again this May/June, and I’d be thrilled. Here are some of our ideas.
Scandinavian road trip. Start off in DK, and go around Sweden and Norway. Problem, the distance could be long and not really as much interesting stuff per mile as in other areas. Also the food isn’t very special (judging from Danish food).
Second idea Italy-Greece. I think it would be very nice, plus I really would like to see greece, and I’ve heard that the island-hopping scene is great. Italian food…well we all know about that. Food is a big deal to my folks as well. Secondly there’s the language barrier. I don’t speak Italian, and I realize that in Southern Italy (on the way to Greece) it’s possibly a little dangerous (not really, but a bit more hectic) Plus we don’t want to drive as much this time around. We spent too many nights looking for a place to stay and it wasn’t so fun when my folks were getting a bit irritable. They are kind of old so they don’t like to screw around with that stuff very much.
Third option: British Isles tour. This sounds kind of fun, but really, I have no interest… Language isn’t a problem, of course. The food…well…I know it’s gotten better of course. I imagine my dad would love a Sunday roast though. I dunno, I hear that some areas of the British isles can be quite idyllic. We could also tie in a ferry trip from Denmark too. I’d really need some suggestions on this one too. I definitely think we’ll skip London though, as my parents tend to like to visit smaller towns.
Last time we played it by ear, but we ran into a few troubles by not being as prepared as possible
Oh, and they’d like to fly from somewhere in Mississippi. I have heard of a carrier that operates out of New york in a type of single-class cabin. Anyone know about this?
They have been to Spain before, so that’s out, They don’t want to do France or Germany again either. Greece would be great considering the time of year and I think it could be a very relaxing thing down in southern Italy and Greece. I’d really like that as long as I could know that there would be little trouble in getting around. I figure I might do a lot more planning this time, like booking hotels, etc beforehand.