Going away now involves vaccination QR codes, mandatory tests, long quarantine periods — and a lot of laminating
Was that, paradoxically, a good thing for our holidays — or staycations? For planning curmudgeons like me, yes. The pressure was off to indulge in exotic and photogenic delights. Dusting off some old board games, I felt we finally had “permission” to enjoy simpler pleasures — spontaneously.
So our designated planner worked feverishly to arrange a trip. Portugal appeared to be open for business — until it wasn’t, though it might have changed status again since you last hit the refresh button. Greece is available, though its main party island, Mykonos, just had an outbreak and announced a curfew, maybe with more to come.
As to more exotic destinations, from non-EU Britain to the Americas and beyond, we stopped googling when we could not even agree how to keep track of the various regulations and updates — by spreadsheet, white board, pen and paper? Flying was basically out, our family planner decreed. So were trains and other crowded conveyances. As was crossing borders.
Being registered by our smartphone maker in the US rather than Germany , we were unable to download the ballyhooed apps the EU is hawking as “digital Covid certificates”. So I photocopied QR codes, laminated papers and uploaded scans to Dropbox just in case.
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