As the summer holiday season approaches, many people will be planning their yearly or biannual getaways with excitement. Whether you’re anticipating a week in the Majorcan sun or are looking forward to three weeks of travelling around in Thailand, your summer holiday is sure to bring out the travel guru in you. However, don’t confine yourself to your designated holiday travel period. There are plenty of European destinations that are easy to travel to and will provide excellent day trips for you, your family and your friends. Dublin, for example, is convenient to get to from the UK and offers a wide range of fun activities.
If your taste in vacations runs to something more adventurous than a week at the beach or a popular golf course, you’re in luck. The Appalachian Mountain Club has for years extended its reach beyond hiking in the northeastern U.S. to the most exotic locationsaround the world, including trips to locales as varied as Africa, Thailand, and Greece.
Why mountain vacations? Hmm… Two days ago I was swimming in the Arkansas River. A few days before and an hours drive away, I was playing in the snow at a roadside rest area. Tomorrow I will drive an hour to the trail head and hike to a beautiful mountain lake at 11,000 feet.
Of course, this is all made easier by the fact that we live here in Colorado now. The point however, is the same if you are vacationing here from other places: You get the widest variety of climates and experiences in the shortest time when you vacation in the mountains. Where else can you be hiking a snowy pass in the morning and sunbathing in the desert in the afternoon? Read the rest of this entry »
If the cliche familiarity breeds contempt is starting to take shape in your relationship then you might want to try a quick and easy relationship fixer. Get you and you significant other to go to a romantic getaway that will surely get you in the mood for some much needed quality time. Here are some great romantic getaway hotspots that you and your honey can hightail to even for just the weekend. Read the rest of this entry »
