Dust in the Wind
Eurotravel is pretty screwed right now, obviously, and it’s really crimping the weekend for us. We’re supposed to be hosting a guest, but it’s looking doubtful that a flight by way of Heathrow would really happen at this point.
This is a three day holiday weekend in Turkey, so in lieu of original plans it would be nice to plan a trip or something, but it’s either too cold or too dusty or too packed with vacationing Turks to go anywhere interesting. Lisbon was a thought, and well outside the ash-stream at this point, but who wants to take a chance on something like this? Train travel here is limited but is a possibility.
Clearly, as a function of very meaty cultural travel choices last year, a lot of places on the list for 2010 have a utility pretty much proportional to sunlight and high temperatures. It’s still remarkably cool up to the north, so Germany and the like would be Houston winter conditions. A weekend escape to somewhere colder (and ashier) is not too attractive.