Foreign Perspectives

We thought we had settle on Baden-Baden for our Christmas trip but when we started thinking about the flight departure time we realised that it was much too early to be realistic so we’ve restarted our hunt.

At the moment, Dusseldorf is in the front position. It’s a fair sized city in Germany so should have the Christmas markets although seeing as they close up on December 23rd it’s possible that we’ll not actually see them. Still, it seems like a nice city to visit with lots of things to see and a very active tourist office which is always a good sign.

However, there’s also the possibility of a trip to one of the Spanish islands. Downside of them is that the flight times are pretty much all “package holiday departures” ie they’re either very early in the morning or very late at night. Those times pretty much dictate that we’d need a night in a hotel in Barcelona probably both before and after the holiday which, of course, increases the overall cost.

Anyway, we’re hoping to finalise things and actually click on the “book it” button today.