Wednesday, May 19, 2004
Vacationing with family
My parents are the people for whom tourist traps are built. They will go anywhere advertised in a brochure as Exciting!, Beautiful!, and/or Full of Local Somethingorother! They will pay €20 per person to go on a boat tour of a city in which all the interesting sights are.....inland. They love tchotchkes. But they´re my parents and I love them. They´re also paying for this trip.
The other thing they havetendencyncy to do is to identify a Beautiful! Scenic! Historic! spot, usually remote, and decide to stay there for a few days/nights. These spots are invariably better suited for a day or at most weekend trip. Lots to see, but really the tour only takes two hours and there´s only two restaurants so....
But I will give my mother credit: as the only stick driver of us all, she managed to maneuver the rental car up steep, narrow streets without actually killing us.
More to come.....
The other thing they havetendencyncy to do is to identify a Beautiful! Scenic! Historic! spot, usually remote, and decide to stay there for a few days/nights. These spots are invariably better suited for a day or at most weekend trip. Lots to see, but really the tour only takes two hours and there´s only two restaurants so....
But I will give my mother credit: as the only stick driver of us all, she managed to maneuver the rental car up steep, narrow streets without actually killing us.
More to come.....
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