(ICELAND AIR) Today i got a one-way ticket from Northern California to Frankfurt via Iceland Airlines for under $600 incl taxes.
Did it directly on their site.
It's permanent vacation time, or rather all creative time all the time.
It seems you've go to book about 3 weeks in advance to get the cheap prices. The route is Sacramento->Seattle->Reykavik->Frankfurt.
It includes a 5 days stopover in Iceland (it doesn't include the hotel cost, it's just just a break in the flight schedule) , which is great since that allows me some time to recuperate from jet lag.
One way tickets on other airlines were far more expensive, and as far as I know it's hard to get deliberate stopovers-- the most you can get is a one night layover, or else you have to pay for two tickets.
Even if I decide I want to stay longer, I can blow off the last segment and just buy a whole separate ticket to Frankfurt for about 200 to 400 at the worst.
It's more expensive to go to , say, Milan.
BTW, The girl I talked to at Icelandair had an adorable accent and demeanor. I felt my harsh, rushed New Yawk/California gruffness was putting her off. What a lovely, lilting English Scandinavians speak.
(EU RAIL) SO once I get there, I've been thinking I need to get around, I know there's some cheap airlines within the EU but I don't know if they are listed on sites like Orbitz.
So I found this nice rail map of europe. It's sort of ginormous, but nice and detailed.
http://www.eurail.com/sites/all/files/eu...p-2011.pdf
Suggestions of entertaining ways to get from Frankfurt to eastern Germay and/or Poland are welcome.
(Phased Moving.)
Since I don't know where I'm going and may not know for months, I worked out a good deal with a shipper near Oakland Calif who also have storage.
I found out the price for a certain sized container ( 4x4x6 feet probably) into which I can put all my hard-to-replace stuff ( old keyboards, drums etc)
They'll store it for $75 per month until I decide to notify them where I'll be. THEN they'll ship it to me when i'm ready. This seems far better then the idea of shipping it when I leave and then rushing around to be ready to receive it.
Also, This works well if I get some great offer to come back to Treadmill City, I can just have them ship it to LA or whichever else place I come back to.
By the way, ever notice there are no exits on a treadmill?
Did it directly on their site.
It's permanent vacation time, or rather all creative time all the time.
It seems you've go to book about 3 weeks in advance to get the cheap prices. The route is Sacramento->Seattle->Reykavik->Frankfurt.
It includes a 5 days stopover in Iceland (it doesn't include the hotel cost, it's just just a break in the flight schedule) , which is great since that allows me some time to recuperate from jet lag.
One way tickets on other airlines were far more expensive, and as far as I know it's hard to get deliberate stopovers-- the most you can get is a one night layover, or else you have to pay for two tickets.
Even if I decide I want to stay longer, I can blow off the last segment and just buy a whole separate ticket to Frankfurt for about 200 to 400 at the worst.
It's more expensive to go to , say, Milan.
BTW, The girl I talked to at Icelandair had an adorable accent and demeanor. I felt my harsh, rushed New Yawk/California gruffness was putting her off. What a lovely, lilting English Scandinavians speak.
(EU RAIL) SO once I get there, I've been thinking I need to get around, I know there's some cheap airlines within the EU but I don't know if they are listed on sites like Orbitz.
So I found this nice rail map of europe. It's sort of ginormous, but nice and detailed.
http://www.eurail.com/sites/all/files/eu...p-2011.pdf
Suggestions of entertaining ways to get from Frankfurt to eastern Germay and/or Poland are welcome.
(Phased Moving.)
Since I don't know where I'm going and may not know for months, I worked out a good deal with a shipper near Oakland Calif who also have storage.
I found out the price for a certain sized container ( 4x4x6 feet probably) into which I can put all my hard-to-replace stuff ( old keyboards, drums etc)
They'll store it for $75 per month until I decide to notify them where I'll be. THEN they'll ship it to me when i'm ready. This seems far better then the idea of shipping it when I leave and then rushing around to be ready to receive it.
Also, This works well if I get some great offer to come back to Treadmill City, I can just have them ship it to LA or whichever else place I come back to.
By the way, ever notice there are no exits on a treadmill?
