{"id":3844,"date":"2020-01-06T20:43:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T01:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/?p=3844"},"modified":"2022-02-09T22:05:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T03:05:41","slug":"making-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/?p=3844","title":{"rendered":"making plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After dithering since last summer, my daughter&#8217;s departure for Barcelona&nbsp; kickstarted my travel planning brain.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last two days decisions have been made, accommodations acquired, and flights booked. Obstacles melted away and everything just fell into place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>London<\/strong>: Thursday, March 26 \u2013 Friday, April 17. Staying in Covent Garden. #allmuseumsallartallthetime.<br \/>\n<strong>Vienna<\/strong>: Friday, April 17 \u2013 Monday, April 27. Staying near the museums. If I could, I&#8217;d sleep in the Kunsthistoriche.<br \/>\n<strong>Woodstock &amp; Oxford<\/strong>: Monday, April 27 &#8211; Saturday, May 2.&nbsp; A breath of country air. Visiting Blenheim Palace because cavaliers, the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, and The Kilns, because Narnia (C. S. Lewis&#8217;s home).<br \/>\n<strong>London<\/strong>: Saturday, May 2 \u2013 Wednesday, May 6. Staying in Spitalfields. The anti-museum, pro-gardens, pro-street markets and pro-cemeteries portion of my trip. Generally goofing-off.<\/p>\n<p>Various family members may join me for different stretches of the trip. No dates\/commitment, since it depends on their hectic and often unpredictable movie\/series schedules. Beloved spouse may or may not join me for ten days, split between London and Vienna. He&#8217;s a hard man to pin down.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m starting to fill in my day-by-day calendar with fair and foul weather options. Plugging in timed ticket entries here and there, maybe a guided tour.<\/p>\n<p>This is probably my favorite part of the trip, chasing down all the places I want to see.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3847\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3847\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Courtauld-2011.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Courtauld-2011.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Courtauld-2011.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Courtauld-2011-300x179.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2011 at Somerset House<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After dithering since last summer, my daughter&#8217;s departure for Barcelona&nbsp; kickstarted my travel planning brain. Over the last two days decisions have been made, accommodations acquired, and flights booked. Obstacles melted away and everything just fell into place. London: Thursday, March 26 \u2013 Friday, April 17. Staying in Covent Garden. #allmuseumsallartallthetime. 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