What was your most relaxing vacation?
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Sea Island, Georgia
Heaven! |
Anonymous
| Fogo Island Inn |
Anonymous
Any suggestions on where to stay in Alps? |
Anonymous
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The one when I forgot the phone at home. It was memorable. I absorbed everything I saw in my head. And remember more interactions with people. Had no idea about the exact time. Went according to where the sun was in the sky and when my stomach told me I needed food.
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Anonymous
| Pine Tree in Annapolis, packed only a towel, sunscreen, my wide brimmed hat and a few novels. Sat poolside for a week, returned home relaxed with a tan that all my friends were envious of. Tried my hand at Pickleball, and now play weekly. God, I need to return to Pine Tree and lose these tan lines |
Anonymous
I had to look this up to figure out what you meant. Not my scene, but definitely must be nice to have so little to pack! |
Anonymous
same question. Wanna go next year. |
Anonymous
Not the PP, but maybe Zermatt? |
Anonymous
Which Alps? French, Italian, Swiss, Julian? Any recs on specific towns? |
Anonymous
| Bolzano in Italy is lovely. |
Anonymous
Les Saisies, in France. It's very French, there isn't a lot of catering to internationals. It's small, and I like that it's pretty elevated, so you avoid the now regular summer heatwaves France suffers from. And you're not too far away from a trip to Chamomix/Mont Blanc or other tourist areas. |
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French Alps PP again.
Here is the via ferrata we did. Via ferrata is mountain climbing along ancient smuggling routes in which metal ladders or other permanent aids are placed in the rock. I LOVE it. It's my favorite sport. The one in the alpine plauteau of Beaufortain is one of the most breathtaking, because you have a vertiginous open climb, 360 view, Mont Blanc, a little lake below, edelweiss, and a very thrilling rope bridge to cross at the top. Pardon the poor video quality and terrible music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee-VKCUgsxU&t=47s |
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^ we did it with my 13 year old son, so it's doable for most in shape people. Shorter kids can't reach far enough. We took about 6 hours total, with picnic next to a snow drift. Under the hot summer sun, finding a little shade with permanent snow is precious!
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Anonymous
That looks scary! |
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