On Saturday morning, we went from Australia to Asia, and then via America and the Caribbean to Africa, to settle down for lunch in Scandinavia, where I also had a nice chat with a girl from Halmstad. After which had a quick visit to Eastern Europe, and crossed Germany and Austria, to finish the day on the Mediterranean, mostly Italy, Turkey and Greece. I hear you thinking: “How’s that possible? He’s dreaming”. Nope, we were fully awake, and visiting the Vakantiebeurs. Nine big halls of the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht were filled with booths of tour operators and national tourism organizations from just about every country in the world you can imagine. You name it, it was there.
And there were some really amazingly creative booths, e.g. in the form of an egyptian temple, the interior of a plane, a part of a rainforest, or a sushi bar. Since it was impossible to see everything, we decided to skip a few countries, which we weren’t too interested in, most notably France, who had 1 entire hall. The destinations I was most interested in, were: Australia, China / HK / Taiwan, Japan, South Africa, Italy, and of course Sweden.
If we had any feet left after 5 hours of strolling through the halls, we certainly didn’t have any arms left, due to the plastic bags containing a few kilos of brochures. Afterwards I regretted, I didn’t get a massage in that booth with the lovely Chinese lady. I must have been subconsciously deterred by the credit card swiping device staring at me on the counter… But it was definitely a fun day!
