Wild Wild West - USA 2022
At the end of 2021, Covid-19 still had a firm grip on the world. While it was possible to travel quite easily within Europe, the options for more distant destinations were quite limited. So it was good to hear that the U.S. finally lifted its travel ban late last fall.
I still had a few days off, which I was supposed to take until the end of the year. Freya is slowly recovering from her health issues but didn't want to join. So I booked flights, hotels, and a rental car for a trip to Florida in December - and then Omicron came along. Everything started to get blurry. Booster shots were not available unless you had been vaccinated at least 6 months ago, rumors about new travel restrictions popped up and my motivation to fly dropped close to zero.
One of the few positive things about Covid is that you can change your plans quite easily these days. So I rebooked my flights to late February and canceled the rest. A few days later, Lufthansa, for their part, canceled the newly booked direct flight to Miami and I decided to move the trip to the Southwest.
Now I'm flying to Los Angeles, a destination that is not very likely to be canceled and going for a two-week road trip from there. It will be a nice mix of areas I want to revisit and places I've not been to before.
