Welcome back. I do feel like a sheep when I fly as you get herded around and have to walk miles. I prefer a train any day, but they can be expensive. Flying is ridiculously cheap. I am disinclined to fly any more than absolutely necessary. Hope to see fresh work from you soon.
It would be nice if EU could agree on making the intercapital connections for trains cheaper and more effective. The tracks are there and I have heard a lot of people who have checked out if they could go from Copenhagen to Paris or Rome by train. But sadly it is almost impossible or at least very expensive and cumbersome.
As for flying I have heard, that the cheap prices on flying is due to the airlines not paying any taxes on fuel (or at least not as much as cars do). If they did it would make a ticket remarkably more expensive.
We'll see. I have decided not to fly for all the above reasons and I kind of like the difficulties in having to change my ways. I am not sure I will never fly again. Maybe it will be necessary. But as for now I will see where this will bring me. I arranged a bicycle holiday some year ago for the whole family (around 20 people including the little legion of grandchildren my parents have collected) - it was a wonderful way of travelling through a landscape (yes, both sun and rain and windy and quiet) and I am sure cycling and walking will be included in some of the next family holidays.
I will start drawing as soon as I am done with some pressing office-work :)
I'd like to do a cycling holiday. Will have to see if the family are up for it
My family were sceptical and every time something went wrong or was unpleasant my sister said, it was you who had the idea! She had a great time pointing that out. She has a vicious humour. But a few month later my teenage nephew asked me where we should go on bike-holiday next year.
I have been looking at good cycle routes and am considering both Värmeland in Sweden and the Loire valley in France.