December 7th - In Praise Of The Three Day Break

Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

The Independent

Places & Travel, Leisure, Society & Culture

3.6 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2021

⏱️ 8 minutes

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I've been thinking about the latest covid travel rules and how the three day break might be the saviour to getting some travel in and not falling foul of the rules around coronavirus testing or being forced to quarantine abroad.

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0:00.0	Right, birthday party, the big 30th.
0:03.3	Although, is it more like 40th?
0:06.1	Hmm, best go generic.
0:08.0	Something fizzy?
0:09.2	Oh, along with everyone else.
0:10.9	Flowers?
0:11.7	Symbolic of blooming into a new era.
0:14.4	Ugh.
0:15.4	No, come on.
0:16.4	Something more exciting.
0:18.8	Something like.
0:20.8	I'll take a two million red scratch card, please.
0:23.8	Add some play with National Lottery Scratch Cards.
0:27.2	Search Dream big, play, small, rules and procedures apply.
0:29.1	Players must be 18 or over.
0:34.3	Hello, I'm Simon Calder, and thank you for joining me for the latest independent travel podcast.
0:41.7	I'm on a rainy street in central London.
0:46.6	But I've been mulling while I've been walking and here's what I've been thinking.
0:55.0	Intellectually and environmentally, I really think people should take longer trips.
1:04.0	The longer you spend in a place, the more you can appreciate it.
1:08.0	Culturally, scenically, gastronomically, artistically, any way you like.
1:14.6	You might also improve your language skills or your understanding of different societies.
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