We will be in Bournemouth for my husband's business trip soon and we have taken some vacation time off to travel a bit afterwards. Now the issue is to decide where to go before we head off to Paris.
Our current plan is to drop off the business trip's rental car in London then start our vacation:
- April 2: Fly from London to Edinburgh
- April 2 - April 6: Edinburgh for a 3-4 days
- April 6 - 8/9: ?????
- April 8/9: plane ride from a major city (undecided yet) to Paris
- April 8/9 - 16: Paris for 6-7 days
- April 16: plane ride from Paris to Seattle
We have no idea where to go during the 2-3 days in between. We have stayed in London and Bath (and its surrounding area) before and as much as we'd love to do more Scotland (Isle of Skye, etc.), we don't seem to have enough time... Besides, we'd like this to be a bit of a relaxing vacation and we're not very outdoorsy, so we are at a loss.
Questions:
Based on your past travels, where would be a good place to visit/stay? Somewhere near Edinburgh? Or should we try to visit another area? York?
Since we do have big luggage bags to travel with, how difficult will the travel between the different places be? Is it better to do a bit of driving tour around some small villages instead of trying to hit a city so that we can carry them in the car trunk?
We have two BIG(!!) luggage bags that we need to haul around due to being on a business trip for 6 weeks, so that will definitely be a challenge. This is a part of the reason why we're choosing to fly if the cost isn't too much more expensive, since we'd rather not drag them around on buses//trains. We're open to renting a car for the mystery destination days, but only if we can return it at an airport as we head off to Paris.
Ideally, we'd be able to relax a bit, have tea often, and not worry about the luggage carrying while experiencing the British/Scottish charm. :)