Did a three month European tour in Dec, Jan and Feb, got back to the US on March 2nd. Felt very lucky, one more week and I would have needed to stay for months. It is odd knowing I was one of the last tourist for most of the places I visited for the year. Cannot imagine the Amalfi Coast during the spring and summer, it was busy in January.
Scheduled my visit to South France and Northeast Spain, including a week in Barcelona, in January 2020 for September 2020. Of course, Covid postponed it. So, rather than forfeit the pre-paid hotels (their were a couple), pushed everything back exactly one year.
Hoping we will be allowed to go this go around, especially with the availability of vaccines. Not sure if the hotels I booked will allow me to push it back another year.
We went to the Canary Islands in March of 2020 for my wife’s birthday. 2 days after we returned Spain went into one of the strictest lockdowns in the world.
We were thinking of going back there this year. It’s about 10 degrees C warmer than where we live now so you can still go swimming there and hang out on the beaches, a nice midwinter break. They want proof of a negative Covid test for residents from the Spanish mainland to enter the Spanish islands. For the 300 Euros it would cost us to get tested we can stay in a Parador and still have money left over for a nice meal supporting a local restaurant. Gran Canaria can get stuffed.