A potentially glowing trip

While my main goal for my trips have been to either climb, trek or go on safaris I have had a few other things in mind that differed from the norm in one way or another. This upcoming trip is one of those out-of-the-ordinary trips which I have been considering for a few years and which I have now booked. Fortunately I have 5 days off in a row around Easter and as the goal of the trip is only days long the timing is perfect.

29^th of March

Flight from Copenhagen (via Riga) in the morning and arriving mid-afternoon in Kiev, Ukraine.

30^th – 31^st

Getting picked up early in the morning at the central railroad station, luckily close to the hotel. From there, we (the group) go on a 2-day tour in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. I’m really excited about getting to see the large area and how nature has taken over the towns and the weird feel there is in the desolate area. It is definitely going to be a unique experience.

1^st of April

I have a few hours in Kiev before I have to get myself back to the airport and fly home – again over Riga.

Anyways, not a normal trip for me but very interesting. And worst case, if the tour ends up being disappointing, I am crossing my fingers that I at least will return home glowing so I can have that as a souvenir. 

Surprise weekend trip

Towards the end of January I received a mail from SAS informing me that my bonus points would expire March the 31st if I didn't spend them before then. I didn't think much of it, mostly because I didn’t really have enough for me to worry about that. Until I remembered that I a few days earlier had received another mail from them informing me that they had lowered the prices on certain destinations and travel dates. 

So I had a look – because why not?

I ended up finding two destinations, and I hadn't visited any of them before, either. And while I hadn't really considered visiting with free flight tickets that could easily change. I first looked into going to Helsinki but realized that staying at a hotel remotely close to the center got really pricey. So I chose option two instead. Long live Danish holidays in the spring letting you go for three days without having to take extra time off...

27^th – 29^th of April

Visiting Tallinn, capital of Estonia. Nothing much else to say. I found a nice-looking hotel in the old part of town for very little so that’s a plus. And then I’ll just spend the extended weekend on walking around and enjoying the beautiful old city.

And as a bonus I even had enough bonus points with SAS that I was able to fly economy plus instead of just economy. I’m not complaining.