So where are we at these days?
I am so doubtful I am making it to DLP or France in early September and have planned exactly 0 things at this point outside of a basic idea of where we would be.
I am doubtful the US even reopens the boarders by then.
Yesterday the Dutch news reported a summary where France is now:
- From May 11th, the French can start travelling themselves, in a radius of 100km of their home. They can use public transportation again.
- Restaurants, theater, museums, movie theaters etc. will remain closed to at least June 1st.
- On Friday there was interview the minister of Health saying he doesn't know when the French can take a dip in the sea, or book a holiday abroad for this summer. As the virus doesn't take holidays.
- Vacation parks are carefully preparing to re-open. When these re-open, it will be for domestic tourists.
- It is not known when the borders will open again for foreign visitors. For the Netherlands, if we would go by car (and train maybe), we would have to travel through Belgium. Belgium keeps their borders closed till at least June 8th.
- Probably mid-May there will be a message from the EU committee regarding regulations for tourism and the borders this summer. As the Southern EU countries rely heavily on tourism, but are also impacted the most, when we look at Spain and Italy. But then still, like US states countries can decide for themselves how to deal with the advice from the EU committee, most countries have already announced they do want to work together on re-opening borders etc.
France has divided the country now in 3 regions, green, orange and red. Most likely the green areas will get more relaxed measures before orange and red. Paris area is red.