Read. Drink. Read. Not necessarily in that order.
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I like to visit historical sites and museums at the place I’m visiting. I’m also the person who will pay the tourist tax to go to the top of tall buildings. The last couple of trips have been road trips around the country I’m visiting. I also like trying foods that the place is known for (or making my spouse try it if it’s something I won’t like cause I can be picky).
Also, there is something to be said for the occasional staycation where you just live your normal life without having to work.
I have a rough outline of things I’d like to see. Such as some tourist attractions , nature sites , zoos , museums etc.
We do as many as we can but also eat out along the way. We avail of metro , trains and walking where possible. If the city has a river or canal tour we usually do that too.
Mainly it is just to unwind and get away from the rat race for a few days.
Nothing, anything? I don’t actively plan for vacation except maybe where I’m gonna be. Once there, even if I am in another city, I go with the mood of the time and try not to feel obligated to do anything. If I stay home sometimes I end up doing things that were put off for a long time, I finish them, grab a beer meanwhile, afterwards, even if it’s in the morning as long as it’s hot and that’s it for the day.
I love doing what I’m doing right now: waking up early and just taking 3 hours or so to enjoy a couple of cups of coffee while browsing the internet with no hurry to be anywhere.
I almost never plan anything ahead. I think it’s due to my undiagnosed ADD, but I’m really the happiest when I have an open schedule and can do whatever I want whenever the motivation strikes. One day, I might just sit and browse Lemmy or watch YouTube the whole morning, and another day I’m in my shed organizing screws for 8 hours straight without eating, drinking, or going to the toilet.
Then, of course, there are the usual activities: long walks, mountain biking, cooking by a campfire, and the occasional trip with my family’s boat, etc. I’m basically the most boring person you’ll meet. I no longer even feel FOMO when I hear about other people’s trips abroad during their vacations. Good for you, but I have zero interest in that.
See for me I do that every day. I have no life. So being able to do nothing on my days off isn’t special and is boring. Idk.
For me it’s more that I don’t get excited about things other people do. Like going to tourist hot spots. Worst places to be ever.
If I can spend my weekend at home, it’s really nice and I don’t get bored.
I like to see some natural wonders or explore a new city where nobody knows me.
I also like a nice spring/winter trip to rent a beach house too. Cheaper, no ones around and I don’t like getting in the ocean anyway.
Currently am on vacation to go see a band with some friends and in a couple weeks renting a beach house on Vancouver Island with the family. It will be a good September.
My weekends are a vacation.
I’ve put in a lot of time and effort to make our back yard an oasis for relaxation, and we maximize our use of it. We have a strict “no work talk” rule from 6pm Friday to 6pm Sunday, strictly enforced. (Also, not in the bedroom, but that’s a different story.)
When we’re on actual PTO, we travel, nerd out, get stoned and find a spa for massages, eat decadent food and enjoy the night life.
Sounds generic, but it’s what we do.
Not waking up early and not going to work is always a good start.
It’s a great middle and end too!
Any specific kinds of food and places or just whatever is local and good?
If I am traveling out of town, I try my best to eat locally at my destination city. I would rather get the flavor of a city by its local cuisine offerings rather than from its underpaid chain fast food workers that I can suffer at home 😂
Any local cuisine of note?
Not the person you’re replying to, but I’m also a “try the local cuisine” person. A good percentage of the places I’ve visited have had some local thing that you’d have to really look for to find elsewhere. I don’t end up liking all of them, but I like the experience of trying something new. Some specific examples:
- St. Louis, MO, USA: Gooey butter cake which is as gross and as delicious as it sounds.
- Changsha, Hunan, China: Stinky tofu. The local Changsha style of stinky tofu is completely unlike the more common style you’d find in night markets in Taiwan or elsewhere; it’s only a little stinky but is dense, savory, and spicy.
- Singapore: Kaya toast. Kaya is a sweet coconut-based spread and they put it on buttery thick toast. I was addicted to this when I was in Singapore for work.
- Scotland: Haggis. It was… okay? Didn’t love it, didn’t hate it, don’t see why it has the reputation it has.
- Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China: Jiaoziba, which is a little local style of dumpling that’s rich and quite spicy.
- Hiroshima, Japan: Okonomiyaki, a kind of savory pancake. Okonomiyaki is common in Japan but it’s usually Osaka-style. The version they make in Hiroshima includes noodles in the dough.
In my experience, if you talk to a few locals, one of them will usually think of a local specialty and tell you where to try it.
