Lately I've been thinking about taking a small break from Steem, feels like I'm nearing the burn out zone again when most of my waking hour revolves around it.
I was thinking of where I should go and looked back at some of the places I've been in in the past. Last year we went to Spain with my roommate and had a pretty good time.
The best vacation that comes to mind though, has been when I went to Germany after my highschool finished. We visited this german exchange student and as it so happened the World Cup in Football was held there that year at the same time. The best part about the trip was that I was really into german and was going to study it in the university so it felt great to use it a bit more and practice talking. To my surprise it went better than I expected, after a few days of talking it actively it became so fluent that my german friend's friends thought I was just some friend of his from another city.
It was in the middle of summer, the weather was great, a lot of drinking involved - I remember that it was because of german beer that I started to like beer in the first place. I never drank it here in Finland before. Italy went on to win the World Cup and it was an awesome trip overall and met a lot of great people.
Now I feel like I really want to visit Germany again but then again there are so many places I still haven't visited so I thought I'd ask you guys where you've spent the best vacation in so far and why you liked it so much. So...
Steemit, where have you enjoyed your vacation the most and why?
I've travelled to a few countries, but all of them were Western until I had the occasion to travel to Japan, which was by far my best vacation ever. There were many sources to my pleasure there, but the main one was that I have a strong interest in analysing people and their behaviour, and Japan is absolutely different from what I would have expected. I was even told many things about it before, but it is truly a fascinating place to be in.
First of all, everything was absolutely clean on the streets. There was not one cigar, one little piece of plastic. I don't know how they manage it. I think that I saw one piece of garbage and it was a little bag that had flown off a cliff near a cave, where it was really hard go to pick it up. I imagine that if it had not been so hard to reach, it would have been picked up already by the time I passed by.
While on there, I talked to quite a few tourists and many had only explored the main touristic parts and been to places filled with other tourists. They were sightseeing, and that's ok, but they didn't have the chance to really see the Japanese in their "natural habitat". I went to farms, to middle-class apartments, to a fisher's home and followed a tourist guide in Hiroshima who described their view on the terrible events that ended World War II. I was amazed that they were not resentful at all but felt guilty of their participation in the war and felt that it was some kind of rightly but disastrous punishment.
On my way back, I felt that I still had so much to explore, and ever since then, every vacation I've taken hasn't been to "exotic places" to see beaches or buildings but to reach into communities and examine them thoroughly. What I love about it is that it creates the greatest separation from the zone of comfort where we are accustomed to be and pops the bubble of our familiarity. We cannot become one with this new environment at once, and this feeling of our minds trying to adapt is just wonderful.
Japan has been on my list in forever! I love their culture and grew up with anime and manga! <3
Our very best vacations have been Hawaii (rented a house) and the beautiful beaches there. Snorkling, swimming, touring a lava tube, seeing volcanoes, going to the top of Mt Haleakala. Our kids loved it!
Maine - we rented a beach house in a small town. It was gorgeous. One beach nearby was a sand beach. The other beach you had to hike to and it was a rock/pebble beach. At low tide you could hike out to a little island and explore it. This was magical for the kids!
Camping at the Grand Canyon. The kids had a BLAST. My oldest brought his bike and rode it around the campsite. We had so much fun doing hikes, riding mules, eating good food, making a campfire every night.
We had one vacation in Moab...we went mountain biking (on easy trails bc our youngest would sit in her bike seat) which our kids LOVED. We hiked/explored at Arches Nat'l Park which our kids also loved.
We do ski vacations each winter...there are a gazillion ski areas within a day's driving distance from here. Our ski passes are good at 7 different ski areas, so we go to each one each year (if we can make it work). The kids love it. Our 3 year old was skiing on her own by the end of last year which was amazing to me.
Last summer was one of our best vacations ever. We flew to Juneau, Alaska (where we used to live). Rented a car, and took it on the ferry to Haines. Then we drove up into interior Alaska, visited my brother, camped, and saw the sights. The kids had such an amazing time...they got to canoe, pick berries, see glaciers, see all kinds of wildlife, go to national refuges and state and national parks. All of us agree the most amazing part of the trip was Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and the Kennicott mine. WOW. Truly incredible.
someone told me before that Germans are really fond of drinking. Was it because of their weather or is there something else behind that? Whenever I feel like I'm burnt out, I always escape from the usual things that I do everyday, that includes working or even socializing in social media sites(that also includes Steemit). I escape, I try to go to a place where there is peace and serenity. Usually, beach,resort or some good place with good food and weak wifi is my go-to place to visit. After taking a break, I feel energized and more than ready to fight again! 😁
You see, resting is really important. We should not drain ourselves. Life is good! We just need to balance everything ❤
The best trip in my life was to Rajasthan, I went there with my family, the best place I visited in Rajasthan is known as pink city Jaipur, each and every house there is coloured by pink. I really loved to see that, as if it was some kind of uniform code. I went through a lot of old palaces too the "Maharajas" still oen these palaces. Certain palaces contain a lot of historical things too which were used by thier ancestors. A palce of culture, history and love.
I have fond memories of watching that 2006 world cup with a couple of friends!
I would have to say that my best vacation was on my 2nd visit to the United States back in 2008, I was 13 years old and that time i finally understood the difference between where i was living and the USA, i had so much fun walking around the streets, visiting malls and eating fast food that from that time on, i decided that i would eventually move into the United States.
Taking a vacation is always good, especially if you are starting to feel burnout.
Hello Sir, @acidyo
The best vacation I ever had in my life was my trip to Dubai and US.
This trip was best because I am with my lovely sister. It was the first time when we together had gone for a trip. This is so because we live extremely apart from each other.
The amazing experience I had in my life was paragliding. It was immensely beautiful to see the ocean beyond the limits and to fly in the sky like a bird. This was a pretty amazing beautiful thing that ever happened to me.
The credit of this fantastic experience goes to my sis. As her desire to do paragliding, I accompanied her This was an experience that made my trip the best trip of my life.
Barcelona. It was the first trip with my now wife for her 30th. It is a fantastic city and it is really laid back. We spent the time walking around the streets talking and taking pictures of the amazing architecture. I'd say it is a pretty chill place to hang out and relax.
Go somewhere a little further a field. Germany is on your doorstep. How about Cape Town? There is so much to see and the best scenery in the world. It is not that expensive. exchange rate is favorable at 14 rands to the Euro. A weeks break would be long enough and even though it is winter will still be warmer than Finland's summer. If you decide on going there i will be able to help you as I know it like the back of my hand as I grew up there.
Not true (maybe the far north of Finland north of the arctic circle).
How hot is your summer then?
In July, it is about 5 C warmer in Helsinki than in Cape Town in terms of daily average, minimum and maximum. The average daily maximum in Cape Town is about 17.5 C and about 22.5 C in Helsinki in July.
Not much can beat the Finnish summers. :)
Won't argue with facts but if you haven't been you have to go.
Cape Town sure sounds like an interesting place to visit. A friend of mine visited it a few years ago. The Western Cape province is told to be the best area of South Africa to visit. Is it in your opinion?
How many times did you get your SBD pickpocketed? :P
lol.. It is only a problem if you don't look Spanish.. ;)
How do you "look" Spanish? 🙄
I mean, "not white" :P
@tarazkp sir and @acidyo sir its an awesome conversation :)
lol tio!
I wish I would go to Barcelona and Real Madrid to look at two places in the future, I and my wife together this place will be sharing the group together and of course with you, and Sir, it's been nice to know that you spent a lot of moments in Barcelona.
xD
Sounds like German had a special place in your life before you went there. Additionally timing ended up on your side as well, unintentionally even.
So it's hard for me to suggest a place or an event. I would say that coming to America could do that. I would suggest going to Zion and the grand canyon.. and coming when you can go to burning man or the electric Daisy carnival.
If those sound to wild. Come and go to a comicon or the e3 event.
Me, I don't like big crowds. I had a really good time travelling around Alaska and I would like to go back again.
There are many place where I feel like best but my memorible day that day when I went to with my friends to visit sagordari in jesore.we enjoy very much that day.
What is that strange word "vacation", haven't heard about it before!
I only know words like sleepless and no-weekends!
Sincerely speaking, I haven't had a vacation but the perfect destination for vacation should be Prague in Czech. There are a lot of beautiful places to visit over there. @czechglobalhosts post will show you more about Prague
All photos gotten from @czechglobalhosts and he also book vacation trips for people. Check out his blog
Last summer I was travelled to naran and kaghan valley with my friends . It is northern area of pakistan . I was going to this place before 8 months in August . I was really enjoyed with my friends and make alot of fun with snowfall
@acidyo, I have big dream travel around the world. But haven't any chance to succeed those goal. I only enjoyed my state in naturalize forest. But I have some suggestion to travel around. In fact, Czech Republic is a most impressive to see to mine and everyone. There has most peaceful condition and naturalize location. Also there are so many architectural buildings with build up using their amazing technology.
Other wise I love to Finland winter season. If I have any opportunity to go around I definitely choose both locations. Finland has most tremendous naturalize locations.
Well since you started to like beer after you've visited Germany it's very typical that you'd want to visit it, however have you tried a country with.a lot of seas? Like the Bahamas? You could like surfing after that.
There are many places where I feel best in my life but my best vacation is that when I go muree with my college friends I really enjoy it it's memberabl because i really enjoy it fun entertainment and joy with me
Wao amazing tour dear I really like your post about your traveling to germany .
enjoy your vacation.keep smile always.
miss you @acidyo,come back as soon as possible
explore tourist attractions along the comrades
holiday to bali, indonesia. pampered with panoramic views of nature and local culture 😄
Wow this is an amazing one. But you can take vacation to anywhere in the world, but not out of Steem.... Not even for a day #smiles
I suggest Paris
I've never been out of my country for holiday but i heard Dubai is a good place, I heard Bahamas too. Well, It's only the people that have been there that can tell.. Vegas is probably the first place i will visit when I'm ready, I heard crazy things happen there, that is if you are a party type.
The best vacation I ever had in my life was my trip to Bombay and Goa.
This trip was best because I am with my lovely sister. It was the first time when we together had gone for a trip. This is so because we live extremely apart from each other.
The amazing experience I had in my life was paragliding. It was immensely beautiful to see the ocean beyond the limits and to fly in the sky like a bird. This was a pretty amazing beautiful thing that ever happened to me.
The credit of this fantastic experience goes to my sis. As her desire to do paragliding, I accompanied her.
This was an experience that made my trip the best trip of my life.
Well seems like Germany did made a soft spot in your mind :)
While hope you get a nice new place to have some fine moments and hopefully it will make a spot like Germany in your mind.
I'd say Japan was a fun visit, went with a couple friends including one who was from Japan and was able to show us around. The transportation and food were awesome, and we were able to visit some beautiful historic temples as well as check out the amazingly dense downtown areas of Tokyo and Kyoto... Also visiting an owl cafe and holding owls was an unexpected piece of awesomeness
I enjoyed my vacation in Bali because there are many beautiful beaches over there...
Hope you enjoyed your vacation also, dear @acidyo ...❤
Have a great day...!☕🤗😍
It depends on what you are actually looking for, that way it should narrow the destination down a little bit, sorry am not the traveling type so I can't suggest any good location for you.
But good luck with your asksteemit
questHow about visiting Russia? The world cup comes up in June by the way and it would be nice to get exclusive scenes from you.
Although I do not know if you would find the Russian weather benign enough.
Went to cabo san lucas last year, but my fav vacation spot is for sure hawaii. Perfect weather and the atmosphere is just sooo chill. You cant help but relax.
Oh...@acidyo is there any better opportunity than this to visit Greece?
I think it is one of the most beautiful destinations to spend your vacations.
The reason?Summer is on its way (although we have summer almost 300 days every year) you will enjoy the sun,the beautiful beaches and seas,the islands....
You can also visit sights in every corner of Greece and learn about our history.That is what summer is all about isnt't it?
Well my best vacations is here in Greece and i recommend it to all of you people.Ifyou haven't been here before a visit will make you visit our country every year!!!
No, es Fuengirola 😛
The best vacations I have spent in my country Venezuela, Margarita Island has spectacular beaches, has hotels with many recreations and lots of fun, Merida is excellent, is a mountainous area and a fabulous climate, beautiful landscapes and people are very friendly, but the trip of my life I did 17 years ago to the Gran Sabana, is a spectacular place, rivers, mountains, tepuys, the angel jump, in short, my Venezuela is beautiful and economical compared to other currencies! I hope you have a happy holiday.
Hey, Buddy go to us in Russia! :-) We just happened the World Cup in Football.
Вeer? Not as excellent as the German or Czech, but completely usable.
Do you need a gide? No problem!
New Zealand! Amazing nature! :)
I've been to Germany and stayed there for a month. I didn't like being there, because I had to always stay around my friend, since I didn't know a single german word. The country is nice though.
I've enjoyed my vacations the most in my own country, since I hang around with my friends and we go to beautiful places together when we're on holidays. But of course, I haven't visited a lot of countries. There's so many that I want to visit, so I'll do that in the near future.
Last December I went to some places to spend my vacation vacation, one of them came to Singapore and Malaysia and I was very good and the people there and the food was very nice. I think Singapore and Malaysia are a very nice place to travel and vacation, people are very sincere And I was very popular and the people there so much We have great fun friendly.
When I went to Singapore and Malaysia, I had a lot of friends and family with them, I did the whole country very nicely with them and at the beach and sunset I enjoyed it very much. This is the best sunrise that I have seen.
Dear Sir @acidyo,
These places are very nice to spend around vacationing with family and friends, and the atmosphere is very nice.I will try to move to Spain and several other states on its next holiday vacation, hoping that soon I will be enjoying my holidays.
My best vacation was when i travel to lagos to my aunt place. I love the place because it eas an estate area and love the ideal of staying inside only
You know there is a country that has some beautiful natural beauties, such as the highest waterfall in the world is called the Angel Falls that remains in Venezuela I would recommend this wonderful country, it has very good places to visit and know.
However, I tell you with all my heart, do not come, I do not recommend that you come to this country, although I love and live in it, I can tell you with certainty that the communist government that is sending you could harm you. Here a few of us are struggling to get those criminals out but in very difficult they have many weapons and kill anyone who opposes them.
If not for everything that happens here in Venezuela, I really tell you and even my home I put it at your disposal.
I hope you excuse my English. I use the Google translator
The one the Steemit paid for :P
Fijian islands for me. No internet, not much booze, weird local drink, and plenty of food cooked underground.
I love a hammock and some tunes, holidays for me are for relaxing.
Hmmmmm, I will say vacation is not really something in vogue here in Nigeria cos of the economy.
Last year, I wanted to go on my first vacation to the USA but was denied visa. I even wrote a post about the experience then. You can check the post here: https://steemit.com/nigeria/@fatherfaith/my-experience-at-the-us-embassy
This year, I'm planning to go to Dubai for my vacation. I pray I make enough money on steemit to be able to go
My best vacation was when I visited a German city called Dusseldorf with my uncle, because there was a medical fair hosted in that city, and he went there to meet some suppliers. In my case, I went there to simply visit and learn.
I loved Germany, we went in November so it was very cold, but I liked everything. Beautiful country, and most importantly, beautiful women!
In the same trip we also visited Rome, and its most important places,The Vatican and The Coliseum. It is an unforgettable experience to walk around Rome's streets because they look so old, and the Vatican has a creepy stair with a rope hanging so people can grab it and don't fall.
So if you haven't visited Rome, I recommend it.
My best vacation trip was to Florida, but only because it let me escape the shitty winter here for a few weeks at the time. Otherwise, I haven't actually been on a vacation that was super enjoyable, mostly because I haven't been on vacation more than once or twice since I was like 7. Which is kind of depressing when I think about it.
At this time I'd like to go to a Caribbean beach. On the other hand I can't stop seeing as your acid destroys other social networks, very funny...
I would advise you to come over to Austria ;)
One the one hand, we have to offer the same high standard of beer, on the other hand we have more beautiful nature - and the best is, it is all relatively close together, so you would be able to cover quite a lot in a short period of time ;)
You have seen my latest hiking report, so you should know what to expect!
Greets man!
I suggest that you vacation to Bali, Indonesia 🇮🇩 😜
I suppose my best overall trip was to China. The country is so vast and different wherever you go. The Chinese people were much friendlier than I had anticipated. I visited about a year after the SARS epidemic, and tourism had pretty much dried up. I was in one the few post-SARS visits and we were especially welcomed. We had first-class accomodations. The food was wonderful
I just got back from an awesome trip to the Redwood Forests of Northern California. Nothing beats seeing something so rare. Here is my post with tons of pictures, but the pictures seriously does no justice to its beauty.
https://steemit.com/travel/@beemillz/a-trip-through-the-redwood-forest
I went to Bantayan Island in Cebu in the Philippines two months ago. It was beautiful. Not a lot of people, great weather and crystal blue waters.
Food was plentiful, the beer cold and fresh and did some snorkeling. It was one of the best vacations I had lately.
nice post man!
I have never left Venezuela, and I have no other reference.
I live in the Venezuelan east, and there are beautiful beaches that you can visit.
My children love it, so every time we go to the beach it's a wonderful day for them, and by the smile on their faces they make our day.
If you decide to come, and you need a Christian guide, let me know.