Blogtober Day 24: Dream Vacation Destinations
Now this is my kind of prompt! As a serial wanderluster, I have many dream vacations, usually consisting of many destinations in one trip. I’ve already travelled Western Europe and ventured across Canada, but there’s still SO MUCH MORE to see.
I like to see a lot in a short space of time. As a member of the workforce, I only get five weeks a year to visit all the places I want to go, so I need to squeeze them in when I can. I’ve just booked a long weekend in Sweden with the last two days of annual leave I have this year – see what I mean about squeezing things in!
There are two main places I want to visit in the semi near future, aside from revisiting Canada of course!
Scandinavia
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Fly to Copenhagen
Train to Malmo
Coach/train to Oslo, maybe stop in Gothenburg on the way else it’s a really long journey
Coach/train to Stockholm, again maybe stopping somewhere on the way
Ferry from Stockholm to Tallinn via Mariehamn
Boat from Tallinn to Helsinki
Fly home from Helsinki
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To do this trip I’ll have to save for quite a long time. Scandinavia is expensive, and it’s a lot of travel. I’d probably look at getting an Interrail ticket again to try and save on travel costs, though that only works if it’s train travel or inclusive buses/boats. I’d definitely stay in hostels to keep the price down and to mix with other people.
Maybe this can be my Big Trip for 2020. I definitely can’t fit it in next year!
Japan
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I’d really like to visit Tokyo, but as I am a primarily a traveller rather than a holidaymaker, there are a bunch of other places I’d like to explore too. Obviously I want to visit Enoshima – the cat island! There are actually three cat islands (can you believe the UK has precisely zero cat islands?!), and this is the most popular one with the friendliest cats. I suppose in an ideal world I would visit all three cat islands, but they’re spread pretty far and not all easily accessible for tourists.
Kyoto and Osaka are also high up the list, and I would definitely include them in a trip to Japan. Both places look totally stunning.
This could be a trip for next year, though I want to visit in cherry blossom season so I better get a move on!
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Love this post! Some of these places are deffo on our bucket list too!
My dream location is Venice because I love pasta, pizza, coffee and boats!
Omg Japan is like my top favourite destination right now! I had no idea that Japan had no cleaners in their schools that was such an interesting fact. You and your cats omg!!! Literally your happy place hahaha x
Oh my goodness! I agree with the two you listed. Next to Japan, I’d totally want to visit the Scandinavian countries! ❤️
I want to book a holiday right now! We definitely need a cat island in the UK! There is apparently a cat cafe in Newcastle but I’m yet to visit x