December Vacation Plans

I'm very happy that I will be able to take about 4 weeks off of work (unpaid) in December at the end of my contract before starting another 1-year contract. I'm going to do some much anticipated travelling.

I have entertained two ideas so far:

1) Travel around Europe and visit as many juggling festivals as possilbe. (Juggling is a hobby and a passion for me. See my website: I Can't Stop Juggling...)

This is a fantastic idea except that Europe is cold during December and there are virtually no juggling festivals worldwide during December. I did research using an website that announces and records all juggling festivals worldwide here. Just 1% of all juggling festivals are in the month of December from 2000-2006. So, cold weather and a lack of juggling festivals makes this idea not so good.

2) Travel around the Southern Hemisphere.

This is a fantastic idea too. I'm certain to not find any juggling festivals, but I am guarunteed to find warm weather and I can juggle outdoors wherever I go. So, right now, this is looking like something I will do further planning/research on.