During hot seasons around the world, it has long been a tradition that people would travel or decamp to whatever cooler places they could find, whether it was the mountains, the lakes or the sea. The types of homes they would devise for themselves were often of the simplest kinds, meant only for a those warm summer weeks or months that they could get away.
In addition to the coolness this allowed, there was also the enjoyment of a simpler life in these temporary homes and it was often felt that the simplicity and closeness to nature was enriching in itself. This simpler life balanced the complicated, machine oriented life of the cities and was an opportunity to refresh family and community. Why do you escape?
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Comments (8)
My favorite escape is visiting another city, whether a new one or one I've been to before.
I picked foreign country. But the reality is closer to the staycation. I haven't been outside the country in almost 10 years. I need to change that soon!
The beach house/cabin sounds nice too.
I'm with fabframes--I like visiting other cities. Exploring new ones or old favorites.
Inn to Inn hiking in Europe combines 3 of the 4. My husband and I (and sometimes another couple) spend the days walking in absolutely beautiful, unspoiled countryside. At the end of the day, we arrive at an inn which has some measure of luxury, but always good plumbing a comfortable bed, great views, a fine restaurant and lots of local wine.
We've been doing this for 10 years and it's the best.
I voted 'staycation', as that's what I usually do because I can't afford a proper trip to anywhere now. However, in my dreams, I would vote a foreign country with new experiences...will do one day...
Any large city.
I like them all but these days I tend towards spas. Particularly the japanese variety - onsens. Just returned from Ten Thousand Waves in Santa Fe. It was absolutely incredible.
My FAVORITE is foreign travel, but my LIFE is mainly staycations... Oh well...