vacation styles

May 26, 2010

heading out!
i can hardly believe that 5 days from today, we will be here:

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there are many different styles when it comes to deciding how to best use one’s time on vacation. some travel far and wide, while others enjoy returning to well-known sites that aren’t too far from home.

some make color-coded index cards detailing a plan for each day, while others seem to go for more of a casual freestyle experience.

josh and i usually tend towards caroline‘s (beautiful!) index-card school of vacation practice, with planned activities most days, even if those activities are as simple as ‘visit friends and drink wine’.

example: last year’s visit to northern CA
■ day 1: sonoma bike tour
■ day 2: massage + champagne tasting
■ day 3: into SF: visiting friends + the science museum
■ day 4: family + friends in silicon valley
■ day 5: davis with (38.5 weeks pregnant) S + J (followed by a lame-o trip to the napa valley ER!)

action packed and planned to the nines, it was a wonderful vacation and we loved it. but all this planning took some time — something that has been relatively scarce recently for both of us. and so, we are headed to st. martin on monday with very little planned aside from our flight, hotel, and rental car.

i think it is going to be okay and hope that this will mean maximal relaxation and minimal stress! but a tiny part of me is worried we will get bored or miss out on fun opportunities because we didn’t plan ahead. (i should probably tell that part to shut up and grab a mai tai, but — i can’t help it. i alphebetize my spices.)

what is your vacation style? are you a planner who thinks about how you will spend each day or are your vacations more about relaxation? and, any tips for anyone who has recently taken an island vacation? i would love to hear them!

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5.25.10

workout: 6 miles on the TM after clinic (speeds 8:57 – 9:13/mi, 0.5% incline). the treadmill at the hospital gym was actually quite comfortable and my hip felt okay.

reading: i finished putting together the board review packet for genetics! success.

5 Comments

  • Reply Susannah March 10, 2019 at 7:25 pm

    thanks for the pea response:) We stopped in St Maarten on our cruise two months ago but alas…I have no recommendations as I was wrangling a 6 month old! Live it up sans baby:)

  • Reply Anonymous March 10, 2019 at 7:25 pm

    vacation style? maybe if i knew what a vacation was 😉 i like a mix of relaxing and excitement. i hate coming back from somewhere and feeling all frazzled but i don&#39t want to feel like i&#39m bumming around the whole time

  • Reply Chelsea March 10, 2019 at 7:25 pm

    Have fun on vacation and a belated Happy Birthday. I prefer to plan about 75% and leave the rest to chance.

  • Reply Anonymous March 10, 2019 at 7:25 pm

    hospital gym? i am jealous you have one! i am totally a planner vacation wise – not necessarily a day by day basis but things I want to fit in through the trip. i&#39ve been to st marteen on a cruise stop and it was amazing!

  • Reply Kristina March 10, 2019 at 7:25 pm

    So, I&#39m a total non-planner control freak, probably the worst of all possible worlds that come crashing together. In all seriousness, I like to plan the bigger picture, but I also like to be flexible and make changes as we see fit. As long as I eat well and have some major naps, any vacation is a treat.

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