When I travel I just like to do stuff I can't do here. My upcoming trip to London will include musicals, a Shakespeare play, an opera and maybe a ballet. None of that stuff is available in my town of 900 on the plains of western North Dakota. During the day I see sights and go to museums. Maybe I should try to do a little more virtuous stuff. Nah, I'll just eat my English breakfast and go out during the day and go to shows at night.
I enjoyed this immensely. I don’t take vacations much nowadays (we own a small business) but in the past with my family we pendulumed back and forth from “vacations with a purpose and strict schedule to make sure we saw all the important sights for our education!” to those where all we did was snorkel a reef all day. I much preferred the latter. Your article reminds me of those times. People are funny.
Love your tip of the hat to Dr. Freud (narcissism of small differences), M. Sour! You see, if you want to fully be part of the elite, you have to first give up on having fun. The only joy the upper class experiences is to feel superior towards others, n’est pas? 😉
I dunno, Mr Gage; I suggest that you've missed the sweet spot. Somewhere between the bucket listers and selfie snappers on the one hand and those who "smuggle vanity through customs in a suitcase marked ‘humility'" (today's gem) exists a rather large area far from any Popular Kid venue yet valuable to the spirit whether alone or with a significant (or would-be significant) other. As I said to a previous poster, it's not where you are (though places that offer that which you cannot get locally are far more likely to satisfy), it's with whom you're there. Iona or Staffa myself whomp the snot out of the Eiffel Tower with a bunch of yahoos.
Cornwall for us.....as a kid I was forced to camp and into a caravan in Ingoldmells (Lincolnshire for those not of these shores) and I've been abroad on holiday once as an adult. I loathed it. My hubs did all his travelling before we met, so now it's a cottage in a tiny village hidden away on the Lizard peninsula. Heaven. Three weeks of family time, lazy days, odd evening in the pub on the beach...
Tribute or Atlantic for me, Doom Bar is a bit dark....I like Korev lager as well. There's a fab micro brewery in lizard village now too and I'll be sampling their wares, as well as cornish gin!
No, lol, Ingoldmells is in Lincolnshire....but it is pronounced ingamells. So another weird uk place-name for your collection. Reminds me of a favourite joke....the three hardest things to say:
When I travel I just like to do stuff I can't do here. My upcoming trip to London will include musicals, a Shakespeare play, an opera and maybe a ballet. None of that stuff is available in my town of 900 on the plains of western North Dakota. During the day I see sights and go to museums. Maybe I should try to do a little more virtuous stuff. Nah, I'll just eat my English breakfast and go out during the day and go to shows at night.
Travel is for people with nothing better to do.
It's not where you are. It's with whom you're there.
So which of these tourist types left all of the trash on Mount Everest? I can guess...
I have never been a tourist. Oh, I have lived and worked all over these united?
States. No my Idea of the perfect vacation, the BWCA. 7 day of quiet. With maybe 3 other canoes passing bye.
You see I like beer, and maybe three people. Oh, and humanity sucks.
Have you been to the BWCA? I've always thought it would be a great time. Maybe I'm too old now but it still looks like fun in a woodsy, lake-y way.
Yes, many times. I like the solitude.
Come down to the Antipodes, Chris! (Despite the recent cricketing unpleasantness, you will fit right in here in this sunny classless paradise.)
Can we smoke in a bar?
I said it was a paradise, not a utopia. You might be able to get away with a sneaky vape.
I enjoyed this immensely. I don’t take vacations much nowadays (we own a small business) but in the past with my family we pendulumed back and forth from “vacations with a purpose and strict schedule to make sure we saw all the important sights for our education!” to those where all we did was snorkel a reef all day. I much preferred the latter. Your article reminds me of those times. People are funny.
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed.
Love your tip of the hat to Dr. Freud (narcissism of small differences), M. Sour! You see, if you want to fully be part of the elite, you have to first give up on having fun. The only joy the upper class experiences is to feel superior towards others, n’est pas? 😉
Plenty of hat tips for the good doctor Freud.
You're right. I should have become a psychiatrist and charged elites hundreds per hour. Literature was the easy route!
I dunno, Mr Gage; I suggest that you've missed the sweet spot. Somewhere between the bucket listers and selfie snappers on the one hand and those who "smuggle vanity through customs in a suitcase marked ‘humility'" (today's gem) exists a rather large area far from any Popular Kid venue yet valuable to the spirit whether alone or with a significant (or would-be significant) other. As I said to a previous poster, it's not where you are (though places that offer that which you cannot get locally are far more likely to satisfy), it's with whom you're there. Iona or Staffa myself whomp the snot out of the Eiffel Tower with a bunch of yahoos.
Be well, sir.
Cornwall for us.....as a kid I was forced to camp and into a caravan in Ingoldmells (Lincolnshire for those not of these shores) and I've been abroad on holiday once as an adult. I loathed it. My hubs did all his travelling before we met, so now it's a cottage in a tiny village hidden away on the Lizard peninsula. Heaven. Three weeks of family time, lazy days, odd evening in the pub on the beach...
Cornwall is too nice. Enjoy! (Especially the Doom Bar.)
Tribute or Atlantic for me, Doom Bar is a bit dark....I like Korev lager as well. There's a fab micro brewery in lizard village now too and I'll be sampling their wares, as well as cornish gin!
I finally made peace with the UKian magic disappearing word guts (ie, "Worcester" is actually "Wooster"). But Ingoldmells to Lincolnshire? Really?
No, lol, Ingoldmells is in Lincolnshire....but it is pronounced ingamells. So another weird uk place-name for your collection. Reminds me of a favourite joke....the three hardest things to say:
I'm sorry
I need help
Worcestershire sauce
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