The first WordPress Weekly photo challenge of the year is appropriately “Beginning”. There are a lot of ways you can interpret that. Beginning of the day, beginning a fresh start, beginning a brand new book or opening a new calendar are all things that come to mind. But as this is a travel-related blog, I guess what I need to talk about is beginning the plan for a trip
Expedia screen shot
We start, of course, with a discussion on where we’d like to go. The internet is our best friend as we surf for flights and hotels, things to do and see, maybe places to eat or shop. We make a priority list, because there are always “must do” things and “if we have time” things.
Bookstore Bounty
Guidebooks are good tools as well as websites because we often find things we didn’t know about to add to the list. How much is it all going to cost and how much can we save and then pre-pay items?
And then there’s packing, making lists of what to pack, taking things out that we don’t really need to make it a bit lighter and tagging the bags, too, of course.
The ultimate beginning is getting to the airport and we’re on our way!
Flight Connection Centre, Heathrow Airport, where you change terminals and flights.
This year’s first trip is in April. I fly to Manchester then we will both fly to Paris, stay there for 4 or 5 nights doing day trips up into Normandy by train and then taking the Eurostar back to London where we’ll spend the Easter weekend. I’ll head back to Canada from there. I love to plan trips so for me, the fun begins!
Like you, I love to plan trips…the anticipation is almost as good as getting there! :)
how exciting! you must be looking forward to your trip. thanks for sharing.
Yes we’re really looking forward to it
I also love planning trips. Going on a week-long plus road trip over Spring Break. I’ve already put more than three full days (8-10 hours) into the planning!
Love planning and traveling. I’ll be traveling to Arizona in a few days to visit my parents. Looking forward to the warm weather! Have fun.
janet
Nice to have something not only planned but booked! I look forward to your posts from Paris and Normandy. Should be lovely in springtime.
Jude xx
Not booked anything yet! I need to get the UK flight booked and that will start things off. Hoping for a seat sale!
Sometimes, the anticipation is almost as much fun as the trip itself!
We always count down “sleeps”!