For those of you who have been following the Facebook group, you know that therre was a meeting last night to decide on a few things. This was attended by Allie, Chris, and myself. There were a couple of things we decided. The biggest was a setting a time to go. We decided that the month of May was the best as weather would be warmer and prices will still be off-peak in many places. We could depart any day in the month, but we were looking at the 6th or 7th as optimal. There is room there to have reasonable accomdations for schedule and cheaper fares that may show up. How long we stay is up to you. The three of us spoke of anywhere from 10-18 days. I realize this may not work for everybody, so we figured that we can have this be open-ended. If you can only stay a week, then come for that long! I also suppose that if you can't come until the last week, then that will be OK too.
We also talked destinations. The talk for the last few months has been of a Scandinavian adventure. This is still a good possibility, but there are other ideas to consider. For instance, we are all bound by beer. Why not do a beer tour? We could start in London and make our way through Chimay, Belgium to the Netherlands (where Mike has friends). We could go north into Scandinavia and the Baltic or Munich and Prague. Chris knows the head of the brewer's association in Poland, so Warsaw would be a great stop. We could go all the way to Kiev and into Russia too. Even though I just talked up this idea, the point is that our destinations are fluid until we buy our flights. January and February will be when we do that. I would budget anywhere from $850 to $1K for that. We are going to try for reasonably cheap accomodations that conform to my 6-S maxim: A place to stay must be Secure and Sanitary to Shit, Shower, Shave, and Sleep.
This will be the primary place for trip information now. You will have a place to comment, send links to things, & etc. Please give me your feedback and ideas so we can make this trip a success!
