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Jan. 1st, 2009 01:40 pmHow have I spent thhe first hours of 2009? Mostly sleeping, but then I had breakfast and had a little kip. then I started investigating the rumour that I could fly to Pennsic (actually LA) for $1200.
It IS a rumour, those flights have to be taken before 16 June, which is a bit too early. I don't have that much leave, and th ehotels would eat up the savings.
Then I did a bit of work trying to work out where I could go if I had a month in the US to kill. So far the only thing on my list is Rocky Ridge Farm in the Ozarks.
After a bit more pootling around theh 'net, I went back to the flights website, reloaded and re-searched.
In the 2 hour gap it appears that new flights have ben released (or maybe I had overly restricted the airlines I was searching) and I could get to LA for $985 (or $1450 including taxes and charges) at the right time. hmmmmm....
Then I went into serious dreaming land and started asking more questions;
If I'm willing to spend that sort of money on travelling, maybe I could just go to Europe?
What is a Eurail pass, and why would you want one?
And I still don't understand. You can pay $245 to travel for 3 days in one country (Italy, for instance), but when you look up the cost of a train trip in that country, from one city (rome) to another (Bologna), it's about €23, or $50. I don't think I would want to travel further than that in one day. So without a Eurail pass, you would spend no more than $150ish. Can anyone clue me in?
It IS a rumour, those flights have to be taken before 16 June, which is a bit too early. I don't have that much leave, and th ehotels would eat up the savings.
Then I did a bit of work trying to work out where I could go if I had a month in the US to kill. So far the only thing on my list is Rocky Ridge Farm in the Ozarks.
After a bit more pootling around theh 'net, I went back to the flights website, reloaded and re-searched.
In the 2 hour gap it appears that new flights have ben released (or maybe I had overly restricted the airlines I was searching) and I could get to LA for $985 (or $1450 including taxes and charges) at the right time. hmmmmm....
Then I went into serious dreaming land and started asking more questions;
If I'm willing to spend that sort of money on travelling, maybe I could just go to Europe?
What is a Eurail pass, and why would you want one?
And I still don't understand. You can pay $245 to travel for 3 days in one country (Italy, for instance), but when you look up the cost of a train trip in that country, from one city (rome) to another (Bologna), it's about €23, or $50. I don't think I would want to travel further than that in one day. So without a Eurail pass, you would spend no more than $150ish. Can anyone clue me in?
