Eat and hike getaways - that's my jam!
You're like me in that you do all the history and fact research on a place after going there. haha.
That looks like a really cool spot for hiking indeed. We were actually supposed to go to that area last weekend but we switched our plans to the Netherlands sort of last minute. I'm not sure if I'm going g to make it there now. I may have to experience it vicariously through your series. Luckily you do a great job showcasing it.
I thought so too, eat and hike getaways are definitely your jam. 😁
Haha yes, I pretty much don't research about any place I visit before the trip. It spoils the surprise and due to avoidance in placing any expectations so I don't get disappointed. My husband doesn't like planning trips either but he's much better at it in terms of research and checking stuff until one time he complained and gave me the task to plan an entire trip including the budget. That was the most taxing thing ever haha. I hate planning itineraries, I just want to arrive at a destination and figure it out as I go along.
The drawback to that though is I miss certain destinations and I regret not doing research beforehand.
What's great about travel blogging is I get to learn more about a particular place afterward and somehow freeze them online to read again when I miss a certain place.
Who is in charge of your travel planning usually?
Yeah, I hear you. Travel planning is definitely a challenge. It takes a lot of time and can be a real headache. I do pretty much all of the planning. Sometimes its minimal to make it more spontaneous and other times I do a bunch of research. Spontaneous can be great but it sometimes backfires in that we miss something important or whatever. I rarely pre-research history or interesting facts though because it takes way too much time. One thing I will say is that having interesting facts or stories about a certain place or monument makes seeing it much more enjoyable, especially for the person you are with. Like, it's more interesting for my wife if I bring her to a cool building that has a story behind it vs just showing her the building. It's like a guided walking tour in a way. Like I said, I rarely do that anymore though. Too much work.
Ah, so you're in charge of the travel planning.
Yes, knowing the story behind locations does make us see them from a different perspective. Some castles, museums, and historical monuments do have tour headsets and when it's a place of interest, they're cool to listen to as well. I did join a free walking tour a few times that were highly recommended and enjoyed them because the tour guides were often funny and theatrical loaded with interesting trivia.