The trouble is, flying to Greece, then Glasgow, then back to the ROK would cost over $2000. Flying to Glasgow, then Greece, then Glasgow, then the ROK would cost $1300. Amazing, that. But it would suck up loads of extra time. So we decided to settle on somewhere closer. To the UK, that is.
Confused yet? Fucking hell. You should've seen the state of us trying to work this out.
The long and the short of it is, we found a flight from Edinburgh to Milan (from where we could easily travel to Venice, as well) for 50 pounds, and a flight from Glasgow to Barcelona for 18 (18!) pounds. Obviously, Barcelona is the easy choice. But we still can't make up our feeble minds. We gave ourselves "a night" to think on it, and here it is, two days later, and still nothing has been decided. Part of the problem, I think, is that The Kid got pick-pocketed last she was in Spain and a little afraid to go back, and I, in the meantime, appear to have developed some kind of emotional attachment to this photo of cakes in Milan:
I need those cakes. On my vacation. I need those cakes.
We both conducted Facebook polls, which both came out overwhelmingly in favor of Barcelona. But I think we still need help. Tell me why I should give up on the cake of my dream and take the chance of having the ultimate tourist experience of having my pocketbook lifted and just give up and go to Barcelona. Or, if you have reasons why my campaign for excellent cake should be supported in the form of a slightly less convenient, slightly more expenive trip to Milan instead, please make them known. We need to make up our minds. Yesterday.
8 comments:
If the much cheaper ticket AND the facebook poll didn't convince you, then you should just go to Milan. It's what you really want to do. If you really wanted to go to Barcelona, you would think "Ah, it is cheaper AND it's where I really want to go."
Do not give up on your cakes.
After several years of looking at the beautiful-yet-ultimately-disappointing cakes from Paris Baguette et al, I say you go for it and go to Italy.
Didn't Anthony Bourdain do a Spain episode? If that doesn't convince you, then go to Milan (which I hear, even from Italians, is sort of a dull, grey, boring city based on money as opposed to the colorful chaos of southern Italy - but I'm biased. I love central and southern Italy.).
Both are amazing, but I don't know if you'd want to do a whole week in Barcelona. Getting around Italy is SO easy, the trains are super fast and comfortable, so you can easily get around.
But if you want to stay in one city..then go to Barcelona, because I have heard lots more nice things about Barcelona than Milan
Venice/Rome/Florence on the other hand.....very acceptable! But guess it won't really matter since you'll be with the Bestie! I would just eenie meenie miney mo!
Milan!!!!
Ricecake is right, first of all. And the streets will be nice for people watching. Plus, then you can say you've been to Milan, so even if you don't like it, if in the future some snooty woman starts talking about how much she looooves Milan, you can shrug and say, "meh, it wasn't that great."
The cake is a lie.
Everyone -- Thank you. I think we will probably just flip a coin. Because we're idiots.
The thing is, we do both like the idea of Italy more. But preferably Rome or Florence. But we can't get a flight to either of those places. So go with the idea of Italy in possibly disappointing cities, or give it up and go to Spain, even though we have no particular attachment to Spain.
Nothing says we can't do both, eventually.
This Is Me Posting -- WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT? They're not like the Paris Baguette cakes, are they? All looks, no flavor?
The cake is not a lie, follow your dreams. Of cake.
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