Here is a brief update to our future travel plans.
2025
We have a planned visit to the SF Presidio for a few days this summer. We enjoy the cool weather and the opportunity to take a few hikes and visit a couple of San Francisco restaurants. It is very peaceful on the Presidio grounds, especially mid-week.
Our remaining 2025 trip will be to the Galapagos and Machu Picchu in the fall.
2026
We'll start our 2026 international travel with a Viking Ocean cruise. Pre-cruise, we're planning on either a first time visit to Madrid or a return stay in Barcelona. Once on board, we'll have day trips to several ports that we've never visited. These include Morocco, Corsica, Malta, Algiers and Marseille, France.
It looks like we have enough frequent flier miles to cover our roundtrip airfare. That said, we've found it more challenging to find tickets that are within our mileage account balance.
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| Credit: Viking Ocean Cruises |
Shortly after returning home from Barcelona for about six weeks, we'll return again to Europe. We will spend some time in Berlin and, after few days there, sail on the Elbe River. This Viking River trip will end in Prague. We've spent several days in Prague in 2011, so we may choose to fly back to the US soon after the river trip ends. The Wall Street Journal recently posted an article on Prague beers (for subscribers). We may have to check out a few breweries before we leave. After this trip we plan on staying at home for a few months.
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| Credit: Viking River Cruises |
We're considering a Big Island visit in the early fall 2026 - a good way to use our Hawaiian/Alaska miles. This time, we will be more careful to check event calendars and avoid any large Kailua-Kona activities, such as Kona Ironman. There is a chance that we'll postpone this Hawaii trip to 2027.
We booked our final 2026 international cruise that sails from and returns to the US - so no long international flights. This month-long cruise will include a full eclipse viewing near Iceland. Once again, this trip includes several ports that will be new to us, including new stops in Greenland, Iceland, Ireland and Newfoundland.
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| Credit: Robert B. Slobins |
2027
Travel planning for 2027 seems almost too far in the future, That said, we have reserved an international cruise on Viking Ocean. The focus of this trip will be Scandinavia. Itinerary has become a primary focus for us and, once again, this cruise includes some new ports for us. These new destinations include first-time Latvia and Lithuania visits, and new ports for us in Norway and Denmark.
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| Credit: Viking Ocean Cruises |
That is about all we've got planned for 2027. As we progress towards 2026, I suspect that our future travel calendar will fill up.
