Had a conversation about how holidays should be like - and everyone's probably had experiences of good holidays, bad holidays, holidays with friends who stop being friends after the vacation is over simply because you had different ideas on what the holiday should be like... so I have decided that holidays and how to spend them is a distinctly personal thing.
I realised that I have actually a very definite idea in my head on how I want my holidays to be like, and in my spare time, think about the holidays that I'd like to have.
Trip #1: The Cruise to Alaska/Greenland or Norway/Iceland/Scandinavia
A 2 week cruise to see the glaciers of Greenland and come on land to ski, snowboard, hike, or alternatively in another part of the world, see the fjords in Norway, come to land to play with Huskies in the snow, live in an ice hotel in Iceland and go tobogganning.
Recommendations, do this when you've just come from a not-so-warm climate, otherwise the climate changes will probably kill you. Tip 2, also be prepared with lots of fashionable winter wear and hot drinks.
Reserve cruises for honeymoons. There's nothing better than being stuck with your apparently most loved one for two weeks or a month in a large ship (worse case scenario, it'll be like Rose and Jack in the Titanic *haha*) and stopping over at various lovely European ports of call without having to plan where to go because the captain decides.
Trip #2: The Orient Express from Asia to Siberia
This is one of my lifelong dreams. I've been thinking of going on the train on this route since I was eleven and started having a fascination with trains.
I think the alternative is to take train rides across all of Europe, from London to Paris, to Italy, to Germany, to eastern Europe... as far as trains can go.
Trip #3: The car ride to the midlands... with a Westie
Taking a car ride then long walks and hikes in British countryside with my favourite West Highland White Terrier. What could possibly be better than walking the dog where she genetically came from?
Trip #4: The Spa - Sea - Spa Experience
2 weeks of non-stop spa, beach, sun-tanning, spa, beach... you get the idea, in the Maldives or somewhere where snorkelling is still an option and you see fish.
4 comments:
totally agree with you on the cruise to bleak icescapes.
and the E&O dream. I had that too! I might go on the Road To Mandalay, a cruise up the Irrawady River...E&O and bloody ex....xtill thinking. not enough os sailing apparently.
Hmm... seriously still thinking about it. The worse thing is that the older you get, and the more stable life and job becomes, the more these things just become dreams that you don't ever take until you're 50.
ya...all wrinkled. hopefully married to a spouse who shares the same dream.
People here all travel when they're old. And people in Asia say, "Better travel faster, when your legs can take you."
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