I posted in January about a trip I had planned for August/September, mainly to Scotland and Ireland. Now it looks like I will cancel it and lose the airfare and Edinburgh airbnb reservation. I was going to leave on July 30th and return on September 10th. My granddaughter was going to come for a couple of weeks of it, but then decided she couldn't.
I had started to look at ordering some Edinburg Festival tickets, the entertainment is amazing, but was feeling overwhelmed by all of the planning ahead of me. Yesterday I took a job substitute teaching in a 4th grade class and it was horrible. I was dying of exhaustion by noon. I haven't worked the middle grades for a couple of years, do very young kids and substitute at one great high school. Anyway it hit me that I'm getting tired and I'm not excited about traveling alone anymore. The planning is overwhelming. After deciding yesterday not to go, today I'm thinking maybe just make it a real adventure and not plan anything ahead, except the Edinburgh airbnb that is already booked, but that's risky and getting stuck with no place to stay isn't an appealing idea.
No, I'm going to cut my loses and not go this time. I've been there long ago and in the last thirteen years I visited over fifty countries by myself. There will be a couple of more trips but not entirely alone. On some trips, especially in South America, I traveled with other people I met along the way, many from the Netherlands.
I'd thought about going to the northern part of the Netherlands for a couple of weeks after Ireland, maybe renting a bike and riding around a bit. Has anyone on here done that?