decidedlyodd

A recent turn of events has caused me to re-evaluate my vacation usage in the near term. It looks like I will be able to go to Germany soon after all. In fact, I just bought a plane ticket for an 8 day trip to Denmark and Germany (into Copenhagen, out through Berlin) that will start a week from Friday. My plan is to start in Copenhagen then stop over in Hamburg for a couple days on my way to Berlin. Of the three cities, I’ve only been to Berlin before and that was nearly 5 years ago. It should be a nice little get away.

Yikes, I’m so unprepared! Fortunately, I’ve got a few days to get things in order.

Originally, I thought was going to get a great deal on a plane ticket but there were a couple catches. American Airlines was (is?) offering a roundtrip right now to Frankfurt from Seattle for only about $570. The catch is that you have to spend the night in Chicago or Dallas on the return flight. Then I saw a great deal on SAS from Seattle to Copenhagen non-stop with a return from Berlin (via Copenhagen) for only $650. The direct flights would have made the trip fairly short even–it’s just 9.5 hours non-stop from Seattle to Copenhagen because they’re both so far north. Unfortunately, after some investigation I realized the reason the prices are so good on SAS to Denmark right now is that a cabin crew strike is imminent and likely. Back in my college days, I would have just bought the cheap and uncertain SAS ticket, but these days I’d rather pay the extra $150 to avoid the hassle of having my flight cancelled and missing a bunch of vacation days.

So it looks like I’ll be flying British Airways for about $800, which all told isn’t too bad considering it’s fairly direct (just a stop at Heathrow) with good times on both ends.

Unfortunately, this means I’ll be missing out on Halloween in Seattle. That’s too bad because I was thinking about going to Bump (a big, gay Halloween party in Seattle) or to a party a friend is throwing. I just feel that I had to jump on this opportunity to go since it probably won’t present itself again until some time late next year.