Jul 27, 2007
Include Sweden in your next European trip -- and reach your own conclusions
One of my most recent trips was to Sweden, where I spent an enthralling week in the awesomely beautiful city of Stockholm. You may recall that in the early 1990s, Sweden experienced an economic crisis, and numerous American newspapers leaped to proclaim that it was all over with the Swedes, that their social policies were overly generous and, indeed, ruinous. Well that economic crisis lasted, at most, for less than two years. Sweden recovered without altering its policies to any great extent, and nowadays you don't hear much about Sweden in the U.S. press -- that's because it's doing well. I saw a nation of well-dressed people enjoying a very high standard of living, with total political freedom and cultural diversity. We can learn from Sweden, and you might want to schedule a visit.
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May 22, 2007
Don't scoff at short European tours
I recently returned from the shortest vacation trip I have ever made to Europe, one that spent only six nights there. And I want to report that if that's the most time you have for a trip, as it was for me, the experience can be perfectly fine. We stayed in one location, Stockholm, Sweden. We went to sleep for about three hours immediately on arrival, we paced ourselves during the next two days, napping whenever we could. And with jet lag controlled in that manner, we had a perfectly fine vacation, without feeling short-changed for time. This coming fall and winter, airfares to Europe will again be at their lowest level, and all sorts of tour operators will be offering packages that spend no more than six nights in the Old World. My advice is: try it.Add a comment about this post.
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