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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you don't like to read for pleasure, I can see why it might be boring. [/quote]

You can read at home - why should I book a vacation, in order to read on a beach...I want to do something new and adventurous in my vacation, something that cannot be done everywhere - like hiking on a volcano in Iceland, kayaking between icebergs under the light of the midnight sun in Greenland, hunting the Northern Lights on a frozen lake in Lapland, etc. I think that people have no idea, that there are so many places to see (apart from beaches) or maybe they are just too lazy..But trust me, when I tell someone about my vacations, I always have tears in my eyes - because the landscapes that I've seen were so breathtaking and the cultures that I've met were so impressive. This kind of vacations make me feel spiritually rich. I don't think that a vacation on a beach can ever give you this...

I am planning to go to Spitsbergen and Antarctica in the near future - and guess what: I read so many guide & travel books at home, in order to plan the trips.

P.S: it's actually good that people prefer boring beaches - this way there are never too many people on my itinerary :))[/quote]

I'm the PP.

I actually prefer the kinds of vacations you describe but my DH doesn't (he has a demanding job and just wants to relax on vacation). So we compromise with one beach vacation for him, one sightseeing vacation for me, etc.

This year we went to St. Lucia (a mix of both), skiing in Vermont, Iceland, OBX with family, and we're going to Curacao in the fall (another mix of both).

Next year we're going to Disney Land and San Diego for the kids, Grand Cayman (a mix of sightseeing and the beach), Banff, annual OBX trip with family, and Belize.

I do really enjoy reading though, it's one of my biggest pleasures in life, and reading on the beach is a nice change of scenery from reading at home.[/quote]

I find it very good, that you compromise :). I have a friend, that would really like to travel with her husband, but wants to go just to the beach...so they never do something else..[/quote]

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