I’ll start the ball rolling. Summer – NC shore, Mountains (Vail and Tahoe), Maine; Fall – (Europe, mainly France, one river cruise); Winter/Spring – Florida (N Palm Beach area; Marco Island; Key West), the Islands; CA/AZ.
We don’t do that every year., of course. Maybe one mountain trip, Europe every other year; two or three trips to FL or the Islands. We’re retired and able to travel a good bit.
It varies, but I wanted to chime in. If I had to pick I’d say the Amalfi coast, but I hope I never have to pick, and right here on the California coast is pretty nice too.
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We visit Spain each year at least once. Also enjoy weeks away at home, here in the UK. We’ve also visited North America fairly regularly since 1980 (eastern states) - but my eyesight has deteriorated in the last couple of years, particularly night vision, so I no longer feel comfortable (or safe) driving “over there”, so those trips are probably now history. We have a couple of cruises planned over the next couple of years.
Since I live in the mountains of southwest Virginia, I head to South Carolina or Florida beaches! I hope when hubby is done farming (yeah that will happen) and I retire (again I will have to work until the day AFTER I die), I will be able to buy a place in SC close to water. And when I visit either state, I eat all kinds of “things without shoulders” which is my husband’s term for seafood.
What constitutes an official vacation as opposed to an unofficial one?
Asking for a friend
I already live in a locale that many vacationers frequent so an interesting question.
As opposed to Kansas where vacations were a reward for residing there the other 50 weeks.
We used to go to Hilton Head annually, and once last year. I really iike Red Fish there, and this last visit we had a great meal at the Lucky Rooster. My last trip to Charleston everything I ate had shoulders.
As an Angus beef producer, whenever I go somewhere I never eat steak. Like I told one man in Ormond Beach, why should I eat it here when I have it at home for free. LOL
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Some years back, we declared we were having a week’s holiday - but were staying at home. Didnt do any household chores (other than those we’d do if we’d rented a holiday apartment). Sat in the garden, read, had siestas, ate out or had takeaway every night. It was great - although not as great as actually going away
In my case it would be a destination away from my current locations where the intention is to break the normal routine and relax or sightsee. In reality work and relaxation are so coalesced they’re nearly indistinguishable. I think that and the need for privacy are the prime factors for not craving a true getaway vacation.
When my wife and I were together we declared ‘holidays’ where there was no cooking or chores…just endless cocktail hours and grazing on heavy hors d’oeuvres.
My cousin, who raises cattle, mostly eats chicken when he dines out. I found out when he visited me, he only likes dark meat, which means his choices were limited mostly to wings at the pubs and restaurants where I live.
I went to a steakhouse when I was at the beach last year and ate chicken I had three nights of seafood and wanted something “plain”. But the reason I went to that particular steakhouse was the salad I wanted.
I often order Oysters Rockefeller, Shrimp Cocktail or a Wedge Salad at steakhouses, since they’re the main places that keep those dishes on the menu up here in Toronto and southern Ontario.
The main places to get a tableside Caesar salad, Crêpes Suzette or Cherries Jubilee in Toronto are at some old-fashioned steakhouses.
Everyone thinks I am weird for vacationing by myself-no husband. One he does not travel well and two he will not leave his “girls” on the farm. Finally, I love him, but I need a break. I go to the beach, people watch, eat what i want to, no cooking, no cleaning, no dishes. I love it.