Last EF/Germany Post!
Oct. 1st, 2013 06:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
furtechFinally!
I finished packing and eating (read: stuffing into me) the last of the fruit and snacks from the trip and wandering over to the train station. I think one reason this trip felt so relaxing is that I planned for extra days to arrive and leave, so there was no frantic rushing around. Best vacation I've had in years and one of the first I can remember where I actually got back home feeling refreshed.
The flight back was wonderful: I lucked out by having an empty seat next to me, so I could spread out my stuff and really enjoy the trip. As you can see above, I had everything I needed for a twelve hour flight: a great book (the Wool Omnibus), tunes (my ancient iPod) and snacks galore.
I finished packing and eating (read: stuffing into me) the last of the fruit and snacks from the trip and wandering over to the train station. I think one reason this trip felt so relaxing is that I planned for extra days to arrive and leave, so there was no frantic rushing around. Best vacation I've had in years and one of the first I can remember where I actually got back home feeling refreshed.
The flight back was wonderful: I lucked out by having an empty seat next to me, so I could spread out my stuff and really enjoy the trip. As you can see above, I had everything I needed for a twelve hour flight: a great book (the Wool Omnibus), tunes (my ancient iPod) and snacks galore.
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Date: 2013-10-02 03:17 am (UTC)I don't know why, something has happened to my browser in the last two weeks, such that I can't read any of the comments made to several (but not all, which is baffling) peoples' journals; so I didn't comment on some things which I am sure received lots of feedback already.
The two biggest expenses for me are the transportation and the vacation days expended; once I realised this, it made little sense to rush back home as soon as the convention ended, once I had spent the money to get there; but the fares were actually cheaper for me to return on a Wednesday than on a Sunday or Monday; or starting the trip on a Saturday. I had to make the EF-bound flight to Munich on a Monday - thus wasting a whole weekend.
I did wind up going to Garmisch, and loved it. Stayed at the Garmischer Hof Hotel, took my chances on a cloudy day to ride up the Zugspitze (there is a picture of me, being snowed upon in August, standing in front of the peak marked with the gilded cross, which marks the Roof of Germany). Due to the weather, I got no view of the valley, but took a few photos of the alps to the south, and even traipsed briefly into Austria (Tyrole) - at least as far as the mountaintop facility allowed.