Hello all;
Wanting to surprise my sister with a European holiday; She would mainly be interested in the Christmas markets and concerts. We grew up in Northern France (Lille area) and remember winter and the holidays fondly. I mainly want to try to recapture the joy and love of Christmas that we enjoyed so much when we were children - and return to the places of our youth and see how much it has changed! With 14 nights on the ground what kind of itinerary should I expect to build? Would it be too much to do the following: 2 nights Lille; 4 nights in Belgium with a base in Brussels; 4 nights in Netherlands with a base in Amsterdam and then 4 nights in Scotland with a base in Edinburgh. I know its a lot of traveling but would it be doable? We will be retracing this itinerary the following fall when we will be visiting family (with an added 8 days) so the focus would be mainly to spend wintertime back 'home' (not sightseeing - not really planning to do the normal tourist stuff) Will the Christmas markets in these cities be open during the first 2 weeks of December? Are there any markets/festivals/concerts that are in the areas we will be in that is a 'must see'? We will be flying open jaw from San Francisco to Paris then Edinburgh back to SFO. Thank you in advance for any suggestions.