Italy or Sweden?

I’m starting to lay out travel plans for my next solo international hiking adventure, and I’ve got it down to Italy or Sweden… I think. Maybe also Norway. Maybe also Portugal.

Italy to hike the Dolomites in day out-and-back or loop hikes. Sweden to hike Kungsleden for a thru hike one month long. Norway for Lofoten, Tromso, Hammerfest and potentially Svalbard as well. Portugal to see big waves and do some day hikes. Portugal and Italy will be easy compared to Scandinavia. Reminds me of this.

I am only at the very beginning stages of planning Dolomites. I did a bunch of research and planning for Kungsleden pre-covid but that all must be revisited now in case things have changed. Coastal hikes in Portugal near and around Porto and Nazaré will be relatively easy to map/plan out, I think. (I have only barely begun perusing hiking options there.) Relative, say, compared to Lofoten, where even getting there is a multi-day and multi-vessel challenge. But oh man, when you do.

Timing, or when I pull the trigger on any of these trips, is dependent on my life situation, of course. It could be two years out. It could be more. It could be (hopefully) less.

Let it be less.