Continuing with my desire to travel more - I'm now currently in the process of trying to book a ticket to Spain. I made a friend along the crazy JTBNA trip who is going to be in Spain for part of the summer who invited me to come join his adventures. Though I don't know him very well, he seems like he would be a good traveling companion... and he's from the Basque region of Spain. I've said it time and time again - it's always better to travel somewhere with someone who knows their way around. In that spirit, I've gotten the blessing of my mother, father and various family members, so I'm doing it...
...if I can figure out how to get there.
I have a ticket to Frankfurt that then connects on to Houston. My plan was to find a connecting flight from Frankfurt to Spain, which I assumed wouldn't be more than $200-300. Then I was told that the budget airlines fly in the area and it's easy to get a ticket somewhere between €20-80, but now I'm having a heckuva time trying to book the flight. All of the big companies have tickets that range from $575-800 (in which case it would be better to just fly from Amman), which is CRAZY. I've been able to find some of the smaller budget airlines with more competitive ticket pricing, but they have weird schedules that don't work with mine. I'm also looking at trains - it would be pretty cool to go through France on a train - but the tickets are expensive as well.
We'll see. I might have a lead on a ticket, but there are all the fees to consider too... airlines really don't like you screwing around with your ticket too much. I'm also battling with internet connection that keeps dropping out, so I can't call the airlines from my aunt's Magic Jack, and I certainly don't have the minutes on my Jordanian cell to duke it out with United for the appropriate length of time (not to mention, I don't know if they even have a local number to call....). Honestly, I don't even know if I'll be able to put up this blog post today, let alone book my international flights. How did people figure out how/when/where to go before the internet? Well, travel agencies I guess, but still.
Ugh. Craziness.
In other news I went and got my hair trimmed today (a very satisfactory job), as well as doing some shopping. I didn't buy much (as I'm anticipating spending some $$$ on this ticket), but it's always fun to look. In about an hour I'm off to get a mani/pedi with a new friend which should be fun.
So, that's about it for now. Here's a cute video to give you an idea of where I want to go.
Cheers!
...if I can figure out how to get there.
I have a ticket to Frankfurt that then connects on to Houston. My plan was to find a connecting flight from Frankfurt to Spain, which I assumed wouldn't be more than $200-300. Then I was told that the budget airlines fly in the area and it's easy to get a ticket somewhere between €20-80, but now I'm having a heckuva time trying to book the flight. All of the big companies have tickets that range from $575-800 (in which case it would be better to just fly from Amman), which is CRAZY. I've been able to find some of the smaller budget airlines with more competitive ticket pricing, but they have weird schedules that don't work with mine. I'm also looking at trains - it would be pretty cool to go through France on a train - but the tickets are expensive as well.
We'll see. I might have a lead on a ticket, but there are all the fees to consider too... airlines really don't like you screwing around with your ticket too much. I'm also battling with internet connection that keeps dropping out, so I can't call the airlines from my aunt's Magic Jack, and I certainly don't have the minutes on my Jordanian cell to duke it out with United for the appropriate length of time (not to mention, I don't know if they even have a local number to call....). Honestly, I don't even know if I'll be able to put up this blog post today, let alone book my international flights. How did people figure out how/when/where to go before the internet? Well, travel agencies I guess, but still.
Ugh. Craziness.
In other news I went and got my hair trimmed today (a very satisfactory job), as well as doing some shopping. I didn't buy much (as I'm anticipating spending some $$$ on this ticket), but it's always fun to look. In about an hour I'm off to get a mani/pedi with a new friend which should be fun.
So, that's about it for now. Here's a cute video to give you an idea of where I want to go.
Cheers!
Did I tell you that wanderlust is my favorite word in English? I'll be grateful if you teach me a better one, but it's not easy. We don't have it in Spanish, so I needed it.
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