When You SPRING...LIKE TIGGER, but End Up Dragging Like EEYORE

Breathe Easy on Your Spring Adventures

The view from our villa in Spartylas, Corfu, Greece

Look at all the lush green popping out!

Yes! It’s finally warming up!!

The Spring equinox has come, time has shifted forward, and the daylight is getting longer. It’s time to get outside and stretch your legs.

Plans have been made to explore and see new things. Maybe a trip to a new place you’ve never been before. The weather is perfect for it, too.

“Let’s go!”

So you set out on a grand excursion with 10 days to get there, see all the sights, and make it back. You step off the plane, a bit tired from the long flight.

“It’s all good. After all, it’s an adventure, right?” you tell yourself. “I’ll head to bed early tonight, and I’ll be good in the morning.”

But all is far from good when you wake up.

POLLEN

Thousands of people travel during the Spring. It’s a great opportunity because the weather is nice, the crowds are small, and the costs are lower.

But one thing most people don’t think about is Spring’s silent partner….pollen!

Everything is waking up from the winter slumber, bursting with blooms!

… But that pesky pollen….aaaa achooo!

That sneeze nearly blew the door down.

And now you’re stuck feeling lousy in a place you don’t know, maybe even in a different country, aaandd you don’t speak their language.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

We’ve been in this exact situation. Our first Spring was rough, especially for

Jeff

. Neither of us had thought about how seasonal allergies could affect us.

We went through it twice in one Spring. We moved from Thessaloniki, where we had nearly gotten through the worst of it, to the mountains of Bansko, Bulgaria, where Spring was barely beginning. It was torture.

Yellow Pollen Cloud During a Wind Storm Bansko, Bulgaria

And here we are again, two years later, forgetting that we needed to plan for this season. But never again…because I’m putting it in print!

Deana’s Spring Guide to Bouncing like Tigger instead of Dragging like Eeyore.

Here’s what we have discovered from our experiences traveling during the season of sneezes. When you’re done reading this, you’ll be better equipped to navigate through almost any situation during your next Spring excursion.