Filed under: Travel preparations | Tags: christmas, europe, france, holidays, planning, travel
Well it really hasn’t taken long for me to become an incredibly slack blogger! Don’t worry though, I am very much still passionate about this topic; it’s just that time has been difficult to come by! If only I could win (or if not win, then certainly be paid since I’m not averse to earning my way) a million dollars – then I’d have all the time in the world to travel and blog about my favourite (not currently living in) country – France.
France is a tough topic though. Right now it feels a lot like window shopping (pointless and cruel!) to research places that I’d much rather be exploring and talking about real-time rather than fantasizing. The current plans involve two scenarios for 2012:
1. My boyfriend moves to France and I get a lovely few holidays there with him after mid 2012.
2. My boyfriend doesn’t move to France in May/June/July and instead we enjoy a white Christmas in France.
Either way, I’m thinking about a white Christmas in France or Europe: skating under the Eiffel Tower, midnight mass at Notre Dame Cathedral, exploring the Christmas markets in Prague, watching live nativity scenes in northern Tuscany, or enjoying a divine hot chocolate after skiing the Swiss Alps. There is also the opportunity to visit Santa Claus in Finland (and this has to be much better than sneaking a peek at him over the heads of queued children at the local shopping centre!): http://www.santaclausvillage.info/
There are so many wonderfully magical options for Christmas celebrations in Europe it will be hard to cut the list back. What’s been your favourite Christmas experience (at home or away)?
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