8 questions about travelling

I would also like to see new views. I can imagine returning if enough years have passed in between. Unless it's just a sun and beach holiday, in which case the Canary Islands are unmissable.
Airports are boring and confusing. The flight itself is great fun! But train stations aren't fun either, haha. And like travelling by train.
I was thinking about hand luggage. Completely different things in it now, all the technology. By the way, I sat yesterday and assembled and screwed the base station to the TV link, but then I want help.
Good morning, now the church is calling 😀.

Nice to read what everyone thinks. Otherwise, these are quite difficult questions, I think, it depends so much on what you think about places you have been. However, I must (although I may be part of the case 😉 ) say that the absolute best airport I have been to is the one we have in Singapore. If I can choose one where I can imagine waiting, it absolutely wins. If I also get to choose one of the big airports that I don't like, Bangkok probably "wins" that competition....

Great list! And it's always good to reflect on your thoughts.
As for airports, they can be pretty boring but we don't usually have long layovers. Singapore, KL, and Beijing airports are favoured in Asia and Doha's (in Qatar) is great. Lovely lounge. Often we pay a little extra and have access to the lounge if we have a longer stop and so also in Europe. But long stops are avoided.
Favourite hotels are difficult but we usually choose smaller boutique hotels that are personal. The big chains are quite similar. I have about the same as you in the hand luggage and some clothes so I can manage if the luggage does not follow.
N.Y. lives up to the hype clearly and also Berlin I think. As for the city that disappointed me, I don't really know, but the Great Barrier Reef felt that way after we experienced so much better snorkelling and diving in Fiji with many more fish species. We also made a couple of trips out ...
If I am travelling long distances, I often choose to fly, which is convenient for long distances outside Europe, and then preferably by train within the country. A cool train journey was the one between Beijing and Lhasa in Tibet.
I don't have much interest now in collecting more countries, but there will be a few more. However, I want to have time and experience more in depth now than before. Antarctica and South Africa are on the list and Galapagos plus a few more. In Europe, I am keen on Albania where I have not yet been.

As for Milan, I agree with you 200 per cent. That city was a disappointment. I/we have never liked train journeys, far too slow. I like planes and airports where you can stroll around and check out the shops. Dubai is in a completely different league there, so to speak, but in Europe I like Amsterdam best and Heathrow worst. The contents of your handbag are pretty much identical to mine, including the migraine medication.
When we were younger, we often travelled to different places. Now, some 25 years later, we find it great fun to "Walk Memory Lane" and return to the places we visited to see the changes.
Spain, Poland and Latvia are our favourite places.

Since we usually do as the snail and have our house (caravan) with us, it is extremely rare that I stay in a hotel, my last overnight stays elsewhere have been in a hospital when we were in hospital with Elin's broken arm in May 😉.

When we go out with a caravan and have a little more than a weekend on us, we usually choose "city life" 🙂 when you live in an out-migration / depopulation reduced rural area, it feels fun to see both people and experience city life 🙂

When we have children (a 10-year-old) with us, we often visit zoos, beaches/adventure pools etc. which is appreciated by our Elin 🙂 .

In the summer we hope for a dog sitter so we can go away to be away a little longer, Kolmårdens Zoo is on the wish list as well as Gröna Lund 🙂 .

Since we got a camper van, travelling by plane has decreased significantly. If there is a flight, it is me who goes to the friends in Turkey, then there is no computer but a small pillow, bikini, shorts / linen and toothbrush in the hand luggage.
Airports: remember we thought Abu Dahbi was with a lot of gold and blingbling, and Kuala Lumpur was big.
Train journey, the last one was a number of years ago between Calcutta-Varanasi-Dehli. An experience in many ways, I can promise you.
Hotel: we so rarely stay at it because we have the Annex with us. When we were in NY running the NY Marathon, we stayed at the New Yorker, right in the middle of the action.
Cities: We like Venice and are happy to return there, as well as Paris. Otherwise, returning to places is not something we choose. But sometimes you end up there anyway.
Hugs Yvonné

Love all the lists, fun to read your answers. Have thought about visiting Milan, but maybe I should think an extra round now? Nice week for you!

Fun list, and I love travelling to the sun:).
I fly when I go abroad and in Sweden I take the train.
I like to travel from Norrköping, which is big enough and close to me.
Växjö was the worst airport with such unpleasant staff who made fun at the expense of old people!
Pallas in Falkenberg is a hotel that I like to return to, among other things.
My mobile phone, passport and money, camera, lypsyl, my medicine and a good book that I read on the plane are in my hand luggage.
Marrakesh was an exciting city to experience and for the sun it will be the Canary Islands just the right trip:). Paris was for me a disappointment very was closed and inhospitable.
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But no, now you were a little too neggo against Milan, I think. The city does not have everything but is quite cosy if you find the right neighbourhood 🙂.