artnbarb
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It's either a sign that things are returning to normal, OR I've just run out of patience, but I'm back to planning for next years travel before this years travel is completed. We've never been to Sicily and we feel like it's now (well, next year!) or never!
This one will require some research and some difficult decisions. In a perfect world we'd fly to Italy only once, and visit Sicily either before or after our usual time in Umbria but there's no way I'm going to Sicily during August because of the heat, and so many things will be closed in November, plus the days are so short. This year we're using FF miles for our trip to Italy, so flying twice next year would definitely be more expensive, but I don't see any way around it.
After our March trip to Morocco this year, I started thinking that we could do another trip next spring, and Sicily's at the top of the list. I think March might be a little early for Sicily (it was cooler than we anticipated in Morocco), and I'm leaning towards early May.
We've never flown to Sicily, and I'm rather overwhelmed by the choices of itineraries. Flying out of Tampa via Lufthansa seems like a good starting point. They have a direct flight into Frankfurt, then we could continue on Lufthansa to Catania. I know nothing about Lufthansa, so that's a whole other thing to explore, but I do know I don't want to have the second leg of the flight on a budget airline. Regular airlines are dicey enough these days, but a budget airline really seems really scary.
I know it's far off, but if anyone has any ideas or comments to get me started I'd be most grateful!
This one will require some research and some difficult decisions. In a perfect world we'd fly to Italy only once, and visit Sicily either before or after our usual time in Umbria but there's no way I'm going to Sicily during August because of the heat, and so many things will be closed in November, plus the days are so short. This year we're using FF miles for our trip to Italy, so flying twice next year would definitely be more expensive, but I don't see any way around it.
After our March trip to Morocco this year, I started thinking that we could do another trip next spring, and Sicily's at the top of the list. I think March might be a little early for Sicily (it was cooler than we anticipated in Morocco), and I'm leaning towards early May.
We've never flown to Sicily, and I'm rather overwhelmed by the choices of itineraries. Flying out of Tampa via Lufthansa seems like a good starting point. They have a direct flight into Frankfurt, then we could continue on Lufthansa to Catania. I know nothing about Lufthansa, so that's a whole other thing to explore, but I do know I don't want to have the second leg of the flight on a budget airline. Regular airlines are dicey enough these days, but a budget airline really seems really scary.
I know it's far off, but if anyone has any ideas or comments to get me started I'd be most grateful!