Friday, August 21, 2026

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Travels

Where I am going

Every flight, train and hotel I have booked, drawn on a map. Built from the confirmation emails, so it is the real itinerary rather than the one I meant to take.

Belize, Spain, the Balkans, home the long way

22 Aug to 25 Sept, 2026

Five weeks going west to east and then all the way back: out of San Francisco, down to the Caribbean coast, across the Atlantic overnight, a slow drift from Madrid to Belgrade, and home into Chicago over the top of the world from Helsinki.

San FranciscoChicagoDallas Fort WorthBelize CityAtlantaMadridSevilleSplitBelgradeKrakowHelsinki
FlightTrainNot booked yetConnection only

Distances are great circle, so they run a little short of what the plane actually flies.

The European stretch, closer up

MadridMADSevilleSplitSPUBelgradeBEGKrakowKRKHelsinkiHEL
26.7k km
Distance
25.3k in the air, 401 by rail, 987 still open
35
Days
San Francisco to Chicago
7
Countries
United States, Belize, Spain, Croatia, Serbia, Poland, Finland
9 + 1
Flights and trains
3 airport connections, 8 real stops

Still to book

29 of 34 nights

4 nights have a bed behind them, 1 is spent in the air. Longest stretch first, because that is the one that gets expensive if you leave it.

  • 10nightsBelgrade to Krakowroute not booked either, so the city is a guess15 Sept to 25 Sept
  • 8nightsSplit5 Sept to 13 Sept
  • 5nightsBelize City24 Aug to 29 Aug
  • 4nightsSeville1 Sept to 5 Sept
  • 2nightsChicago22 Aug to 24 Aug

And no ticket for

  • Seville to Madrid, 5 Sept
  • Belgrade to Krakow, 15 to 25 Sept

Leg by leg

  • San Francisco to Chicago

    22 Aug
    17:07 to 23:30·American AA 2358·2,965 km

  • Chicago to Dallas Fort Worth

    24 Aug
    08:20 to 10:57·American AA 1555·1,291 km

  • Dallas Fort Worth to Belize City

    24 Aug
    12:27 to 14:30·American AA 319·1,918 km

    1h 30m connection at Dallas.

  • Fort George Hotel & Spa

    29 Aug

    Belize City · 1 night

  • Belize City to Atlanta

    30 Aug
    12:15 to 17:17·Delta KLM 6512·1,832 km

  • Atlanta to Madrid

    30 Aug
    21:55 to 12:15 next day·Delta KLM 6028·6,961 km

    4h 38m layover in Atlanta, then the overnight across the Atlantic.

  • Thompson Madrid

    31 Aug

    Madrid · 1 night

  • Madrid to Seville

    1 Sept
    14:05 to 16:45·Ouigo 06546·401 km

    Madrid Puerta de Atocha to Seville Santa Justa.

  • Seville to Madrid

    5 Sept
    Not booked yet·401 km

    Nothing booked for the way back yet, and the Madrid flight leaves on the 5th.

  • Madrid to Split

    5 Sept
    13:50 to 16:30·Iberia IB 945·1,672 km

  • Split to Belgrade

    13 Sept
    15:20 to 16:20·Air Serbia JU 703·350 km

  • Courtyard Marriott Belgrade City Center

    13 Sept

    Belgrade · 2 nights

  • Belgrade to Krakow

    15 to 25 Sept
    Not booked yet·586 km

    Out of the Belgrade hotel on the 15th, then ten open days before the flight home leaves Krakow, with nothing booked to cover the ground between.

  • Krakow to Helsinki

    25 Sept
    12:30 to 15:25·Finnair AY 1166·1,184 km

  • Helsinki to Chicago

    25 Sept
    16:25 to 17:50·Finnair AY 009·7,119 km

    1h transfer in Helsinki, then 9h 25m westbound. The clock barely moves because you are chasing the time zones home.

The longest hop

Helsinki to Chicago, 7,119 km in a single hop. That one leg is 27% of the whole trip.