Tentative Upcoming European Vacation List

by thecloudforest

If I had my way…

1. Land in London. Alaina wants to spend time here, but Dad just wants to get his picture taken on Abbey Road and move on to…

2. Scotland. Visit Edinburgh and stay the night in St. Andrews so Dad can play golf and the rest of us can wander around the town.

3. Chunnel over to France and up to the Netherlands so Dad can visit the street where he once lived in The Hague. Stay with cousins? M.C. Escher museum? Keukenhof, Kinderdijk, bicycling around. Canal boat ride through Amsterdam. Dinner at one of the lavish, historic Indonesian restaurants. Van Gogh museum? Drink jenever and eat haring from a cart on the street.

4. Back down to France and into Paris. Visit the Louvre. Stay in the 5th Arrondissement? Have to see Père Lachaise. Move south and possibly through…

5. Strasbourg. Wander around some.

6. Pass through the French Riviera and into the Italian. Stay in Cinque Terre or thereabouts. Cross fingers that Vernazza has repaired itself after landslides.

7. Rome. Lots to see in Rome. I have to start learning Italian soon.