Quoting catwoman:

Capoeira - I so agree with you (this time)!

Quoting Capoeira:

Quoting Capoeira:

Ok, I'll admit it. When I lived abroad for 4 years not once coming home my BIGGEST joy was going once a month to McDonald's to get pancakes on Sunday! Sorry folks when you live abroad surrounded by entirely new culture 24/7 there are moments that YES you want something familiar!!!! Let me not even tell you the joy of discovering a WALMART in the country I was living in...and let me not forget after searching for 1.5 years of finding a lone dusty jar of Skippy Peanut Butter, they never sold it again !!!!!!!!!! So, for those who have lived abroad for some time I think they will understand this. For those of you who haven't lived for a considerable amount of time, i'm talking longer then 2-4 months, you won't understand this mentality.

Also, I'm a native Californian and laying around a beach staring at the water is something we do. So if it's Turkey, Barbados, Spain or Brazil it's ALL GOOD!!!! But, I have to say that there are times that one wants to see the museums and other historical sites and experience the culture. However, for some vacations are too short and some really just need the rest. I fortunately have 3 months every summer...so I can lay at the beach for 6 weeks and when I'm rested enough, I take off trekking and discovering!

I don't think people have to vacation any particular way. Nor are they obligated to make every experience an 'educational' learning one. Vacation is what one makes or thinks it should be!

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Capo I 100% agree with this post - its exactly how I feel, but could not have expressed it as well

Re: MacDonalds - I absolutely loathe them. Apart from being vegetarian, I despise the whole ethos behind them. However... my strong principles were driven away when, after working in China for a few weeks, I stumbled on a MacDonalds and (horror of horrors!) ate my first burger in 18 years!!! It was sheer heaven, but have never admitted this to anyone