Somehow I am in a rare period. Most of the time, I have a flight booked for sometime in the future. But somehow, nowadays I have been planning trips that use the train instead, and so I actually have no future flights booked for the time being. This is a weird feeling, I have to say.
After coming back from China, I just had a little trip within Europe, to the Baltics. And after that, all of my summer plans were all nearby. I have plans for a hiking trip within Germany, and I have plans for another city trip in a nearby country, and all of these destinations are reachable by train. So I don't have the need to fly. This is actually a travel pattern that is very different from a few years ago. Perhaps it was Covid, which opened my eyes to possibilities that are out there when taking the train. Or perhaps it is because of the on-going US-Iran War and its effect on the Strait of Hormuz, and of course, the resulting fuel crisis.
I've already heard of news articles predicting that airlines would have a difficult time this summer due to the scarcity of fuel. So this is perhaps one reason why it is hard to plan some trip that involves flying. So I am taking the train instead. And actually, I have to say that this is a different way of travel, and is something that I think I can get used to. Of course, until I feel the itch to travel far once more.
