Notes from Abroad

STA Travel held a blog contest and asked readers to submit a must-see place in Europe. One comment would be randomly chosen to win a trip to Europe.

I entered and didn’t really think much of it. No one ever wins these things, right? Then I got an email: I won!!!

Needless to say, I was in shock. I won round-trip tickets on Virgin Atlantic, a Eurail Pass, and a Busabout Pass. PERFECT. Just what I needed. I was going to try to minimize the actual travel I did just so I could get the cheapest Eurail pass, but now I don’t have to worry about that!

The one thing that puts a wrench in the gears is the fact that I already booked my plane ticket! I have to figure out how to either get out of the ticket without losing money or reschedule the flights to go from SFO -> EWR for Thanksgiving and Christmas. I’ll also be flying in and out of London instead of into Madrid and out of Edinburgh.

Those details are still being worked out. I’m working with a STA Travel representative to get all of the details in order and I’ll keep you posted!

This trip just got soooo much better!!!

Tags: contest, STA Travel, transportation