Summer travel

Not exactly "travel", but some outdoor music events are on tap for us - our main vacation this year will be Italy in the fall. The city I live in has an outdoor music venue on a river. There is a blues festival this weekend that we are going to on Friday and Saturday. Looking forward to seeing Samantha Fish on Friday and both Sonny Landreth and Aaron Neville Saturday. 

I've never done a cruise and my wife isn't that fond of them, but an Alaskan version is something we'll very likely do at some point. 

Nice threat idea TT - it will be fun to see what forumites have in the works.

We leave next week for 2 weeks in Paris, then TGV to Basel where we board a river cruise ship for 2 weeks on the Moselle and Rhine, ending in Amsterdam.  My daughter will be in London at that time, so she and a friend are coming over to meet up with us and show us around Amsterdam, a city where she's been many times though this will be the first for me. (She says she is going to open my eyes, though I'd like to believe that's more a veiled threat than a serious statement of intent.)

Also hoping to fit in a couple of road trips after we return, Willamette Valley for one, and possibly a bit further down the Left Coast as well. If we don't drive down to California, we'll fly down in the fall to visit our niece at UCSD again.

T-Tom: you won't be disappointed by Alaska. Remarkable scenery, friendly people, enjoyable cities and towns. We went exactly a year ago, and my wife says she's ready to go again without hesitation. Enjoy!

A river cruise is on our bucket list, I think it would be a blast.

BillHike, we will let all know our thoughts on the Alaska trip.

Not much. June through August are the busiest months at work so we tend not to plan any major trips. 

This summer we’ll spend a few 4 day weekends at my sister’s cottage and do a 4 day interior canoe camping trip to Algonquin Park.

seaquam posted:

Basel where we board a river cruise ship for 2 weeks on the Moselle and Rhine, ending in Amsterdam. 

We are doing the reverse of your cruise - leaving from Amsterdam and ending in Basel.  We're going with a group of 40 couples from our country club, so it should be a blast.  From there, my wife and I are taking a train to the Champagne region for 2 days and then to Paris for 3 days.  Really looking forward to this as I have never been to Europe. 

If we don't spend all of our money in Champagne, we get back for our daughter's wedding on October. 

Summer is slow - trips to DC to see my mother and we are doing a joint NYC/DC trip in August.  Next big trip is transatlantic in October from Malaga

Multiple trips to Cashiers, NC this summer to our house.

Camping in Rhode Island for a week in July with Scouts.

Love summer, hate planning.  We are the worst at planning.  We've got trips to Chicago/Quad Cities, Tucson, Napa, and maybe Hawaii all planned before Labor Day, but no hotels or plane tickets yet. 

3 trips to the Finger Lakes and one to Winnipeg this summer and maybe Spain in the fall, but don't want to go during harvest time. 

thelostverse posted:

seaquam posted:

Basel where we board a river cruise ship for 2 weeks on the Moselle and Rhine, ending in Amsterdam. 

We are doing the reverse of your cruise - leaving from Amsterdam and ending in Basel.  We're going with a group of 40 couples from our country club, so it should be a blast.  From there, my wife and I are taking a train to the Champagne region for 2 days and then to Paris for 3 days.  Really looking forward to this as I have never been to Europe. 

It really surprises me that you haven’t been to Europe.

NYC with my kids the week of July 4th. Hard to believe they've never been yet. Lots of things to cross of bucket lists there 

thelostverse posted:

seaquam posted:

Basel where we board a river cruise ship for 2 weeks on the Moselle and Rhine, ending in Amsterdam. 

We are doing the reverse of your cruise - leaving from Amsterdam and ending in Basel.  We're going with a group of 40 couples from our country club, so it should be a blast.  From there, my wife and I are taking a train to the Champagne region for 2 days and then to Paris for 3 days.  Really looking forward to this as I have never been to Europe.  

We were originally booked mid-September to mid-October, but changed our plans to accommodate a couple of friends who wanted us to join them on a Montreal - New York cruise at that time (to see the changing of the leaves). What cruise line are you on?  We're taking Scenic.

It would have been a pretty cool coincidence had we met up then. I'm sure you and Mrs. TLV would have had your hands full protecting us from your country club hooligans. 

Champagne's very beautiful, with lots to see and do. And Paris is... well, Paris. I'm sure you will have a fantastic trip!

For pleasure, NYC next week, Germany in July and Spain and Portugal in September and October. 

wineart 2 posted:

For pleasure, NYC next week, Germany in July and Spain and Portugal in September and October. 

Hope you will be in Germany when they win the World Cup.  Would be a lot of fun to be in a German beer hall when that happens.

Sent you an email W+A.

As for me, no big plans this summer - the usual gathering with some of the forumites in August in Taho-ma.  

seaquam posted:

thelostverse posted:

seaquam posted:

Basel where we board a river cruise ship for 2 weeks on the Moselle and Rhine, ending in Amsterdam. 

We are doing the reverse of your cruise - leaving from Amsterdam and ending in Basel.  We're going with a group of 40 couples from our country club, so it should be a blast.  From there, my wife and I are taking a train to the Champagne region for 2 days and then to Paris for 3 days.  Really looking forward to this as I have never been to Europe.  

What cruise line are you on?  We're taking Scenic.

Champagne's very beautiful, with lots to see and do. And Paris is... well, Paris. I'm sure you will have a fantastic trip!

We are on AMA Waterways.  Really looking forward to it.

A week in Ireland, then a two week cruise to Copenhagen, followed by a week in Denmark.

We did Uniworld on the Danube in May - wonderful time.  I am sure you will both enjoy AMA and Scenic - FKG says Scenic is probably the best

I'm sure, this summer differs from the previous ones for many people because of the quarantine and lockdown. I wonder how many people here are still going on vacation this season? I personally cancelled my trip to Oman in late July. Fortunately, I didn't apply for evisa as it is valid only for one month, otherwise I'd lose 69 Euro (I was lucky to find a good source https://evisa.express/en/oman that provided me with all necessary information). But I think, it is important to stay positive and hope for the best. So, I'm looking forward to a possibility to travel safely again.