How to Do a European City Break on 3 Days' Annual Leave
Three days of annual leave covers more than most people realise. Take Thursday and Friday off, fly Thursday evening, and you have a long weekend in any European city without touching Monday.
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Three days of annual leave covers more than most people realise. Take Thursday and Friday off, fly Thursday evening, and you have a long weekend in any European city without touching Monday.
Most major European cities operate a public bike hire scheme, and for visitors they're genuinely useful: no locking up concerns, no dragging a rental back to the shop, and good coverage
You have permission to skip things. That's not a consolation prize, it's the actual strategy. A city break where you chose well beats a city break where you tried to
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