A little more than a year ago, I went home to Germany to spend my first Easter in 4 years with my family. It was a nice little treat, made possible by the fact that my previous company had made me redundant and I had a wealth of spare time on my hands.
My mother had a few brochures for bus travels all overEurope stacked next to the TV . I browsed them and came across bus tours to Scotland . Now,I am not too fond of bus tours and doing them from Germany when living in the UK was utterly pointless. But I got quite a bit of inspiration out of the destinations they had chosen. Soon I went from browsing brochures to browsing web pages in order to get more information. Within a matter of 2 days, I knew that I wanted to spend a few days in Edinburgh and Inverness. I wanted to travel on the train to Kyle of Lochalsh. A trip on the Jacobite Steam train from Mallaig to Fort William was on the list as well. And last but not least, I wanted to go to Glasgow as well. Back then, time was certainly not a problem. The funding was. After all, I was out of work and had no cash flow to speak of. I briefly considered booking a tour with an English company, because it was financially feasible but it just did not feel right. If I were to do this, I wanted to be fully in charge of the itinerary, deciding where I would stay and for how long. I wanted to put together my own tour. The trouble was that I simply did not have a thousand pounds to spare to travel through the highlands for 10 days.Before I knew it, I was back to being employed. The job was not well-paid, but it was better than a kick in the teeth. I was back to square 1 – very little money, no time.
My mother had a few brochures for bus travels all over
At the end of 2010, I got a better job with a decent salary and a fair holiday allowance, but was required to travel for a few weeks to do training on the job. Once I got back to the UK, the idea of going to Scotland for a holiday was put to the front of the queue of plans again. And this is where I am now. I need to start planning and get serious about it. Time to get the itinerary together and ask for holidays.
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