Travel

Our last out of country trip was Nov 2019 to Hawaii. We have been really lucky and privileged to be able to go away every winter for a week or two.

In reality, travel is a luxury that we can do without, and we have stayed within our province for two years in a row for summer vacation and visiting family. I did travel out of province late this fall to visit family on the other side of the country.

Saying that, I have several 'bucket list' places I would like to see and hope to be able to do so in the next few years. Cautious but hopeful.

Warning, the France police do visit houses in the middle of nowhere, to checkup if you are staying there as required in France in these covid times.

DD and partner were due to go to Spain in January. Yesterday she receive an e-mail offering to postpone for no charge. I admit I was relieved.
They are now booked for March hhmmm

Whoo hoo!!!

I'm happy I'm in the same house with DGS & DD. If we have to isolate for any reason, I'll still get to see him open his pressies.

Day 2 Covid tests yesterday came back negative this morning- so we are free to go. We will be VERY careful, sticking to a few good friends in our home or theirs, and direct family, again in their own home.

Thanks - if ... as things can change any day. Fingers crossed.

Well done!
I was wondering if you would make it.
Your sons and daughters will be thrilled if you can all be together again!

We were only able to do so on British passports.

Well done Kali.

We have made it over late Saturday- now in quarantine until we get our Day 2 tests results- we had Covid test in France on Friday evening.

Going via France... yes, much rather be with family, but if we can't, then Bruges ... See how it goes.

I’ve been to Bruges in winter, we went one new year. It was lovely.
Kali will you be able to travel to the UK now that France has introduced travel restrictions? Or were you going through Belgium?

I've never been to Bruges in winter but the Christmas market is supposed to be lovely.
Though I'd prefer to be with the family.

Will it be Christmas with the children and GCs - or in Bruges - we will know by tomorrow late afternoon.

Yes, they all are - and all out of quarantine, thank goodness.

In the meantime, both OH and myself got stinking colds- but both tsted negative twice! So fingers crossed!

Oh no Kali that’s not good news. Hope they’re better by Christmas.

We went at the end of June as we could not travel at the end of May.

The whole family bar one has had Covid, and the very anxious one recently, after 2 jabs and was quite ill. so let's hope...

I use flight socks too, I put them on at the airport and don’t take them off until I strip off for a bath at the end of the journey. I also take a travel aspirin and keep my legs elevated when possible.
The stockings they have you wear in Hospital are even better.

Ellan It's a problem isn't it? Mine swell up on short haul flights too

Mine too Kate but the flight socks definitely help me. The first time I wore them I had to put them on after I’d boarded the flight and it wasn’t easy in a cramped space. When I eventually took them off I found I’d put one on with the heel space at the front. That was the only area with a swelling which was proof to me that they work.

Kali ?

I hope you make it this time Kali2 and that your DIL has got over the severe Covid-induced anxiety you described , I think when you were hoping to visit at Easter.

I’m not missing overseas travel as much as I thought I would, though it would be nice to have a trip planned. But we like to travel round an area when we’re away, usually on local transport. Restrictions, curfews and tests don’t add up to a relaxing holiday imho, so we’ll probably stick to UK breaks for now. I realise how very lucky we are to have our family close, and feel so sorry for those who are missing theirs.

I’m really missing all the travel we did when we retired. My husband said to me the other day ‘It’s a good job we visited those places when we did, we wouldn’t be able to now.’ I agree with him, we saw such beautiful and interesting places.

Still hoping to travel through France and to our flat in the East Mids on Saturday, to spend Christmas and NY with DDs and grandchildren... we won't know if we will get there until we have got to the other side of the Tunnel ...

No pubs, no restaurants- just family- that is what matters.