A Hundred Days in Europe

I’m at the Frankfurt Airport starting the initial trip of my gap year. I didn’t deliberately plan for this to be 100 days, but when I booked my ticket—adjusting for the lowest fairs based on the dates of travel—it ended up that I would have 100 days for this leg of the year.

The trip started off a bit rough with delays anticipated for the first two flights—one from Saskatoon to Toronto and then from Toronto to Austria—which was going to leave me missing my connection to Romania. Air Canada adjusted my ticket at the start sending me through Frankfurt rather than Zurich. I now have a four hour layover in Frankfurt where I am using the time to charge my phone and do some other work. If I can get the charge soon enough I may try to get into the city for a walk before catching a flight this afternoon.

The next 100 days should be interesting. I will see my sister in Romania and do an initial trip to Bulgaria with her. She will return while I do some hiking before heading off on a tour through the Balkans. My partner is coming to Croatia in early August and I am hoping that as she comes south from Austria—the flights were $1000 CAD cheaper than flying directly to Croatia—I can come north from Albania, Montenegro, and Bosnia & Herzegovina to connect for a week or so with her. This both feels like a lot of time and too little time, but will make the best I can of it.

I changed my final plans as my Father is travelling to Scotland in September. My sister and I will join him and his wife for a week before I do some hiking in the Highlands. This means I will need to delay my trip to Turkey for another time.

A hundred days should go quickly but still be time to explore and experience some of the varied cultures and history of Europe. Here’s to the next 100 days.