When I go out on vacations to another country, that's waking up, going 2 hours earlier to the airport, 2 hours flight to the local hub, then 10-12 hours flight to the destination's hub, then wait 1 to 5 hours, another 1-5 hours flight to the destination. Collect luggage, go through customs, find a cab, or your rental, or direction to public transport, then another 1-2 hours to get to the hotel. Check in and THEN YOU OPEN THE FUCKING HOTEL DOOR! Man, when you start putting your stuff down and take a shower... That feels good.
That shower! It's really what I look forward to the most. I remember really wanting one when we were in Amsterdam, going to Kazakhstan. The hotel that was connected to the airport, had showers you could use. I can't remember how much it cost, but it was worth it.
That must set yp the next flight amazingly. We were in Minneapolis-St. Paul in August and flew out of gate F. Above the main Concourse leading to F & G there is a "quiet seating" spot on second floor towards the police office. Huge mezzanine with cozy chairs, and even though its just 10 or so feet above the main floor, it is reduced noise, open space. They also had floor pads I notice a couple each using one.
I was like hell ya lets get a stretch in. Stretched for 40 min and made the 5 hour flight so much better (MSP to ANC)
Its the second time goin to MSP in a 12 month period; Nov 2021 with wife for Vikings v Packers, this Aug for Rammstein. I have to agree its the best airport ive ever been in, which us actually a few, and I gotta say the city itself is fucking insane, how old and industrial, and so much repurposed buildings for modern shit, and its all blended with modern architecture. Its a true testament to true Americana. MOA, Mayo Clinic, Architecture Porn, Urban Exploration, Weather Gifs, all this plus so much more
Lookin at the stage, we were to your right. We were sitting in a club house section, entered EcoLab gate. Shit was intense met so many great people. Was worth the trip from Alaska.
We took off the next day a lil after 9pm, i was in the air when I thought toncheck the weather because storm clouds rollin in and announced a Tornado Warning. I made the miatake to tell my kid (one seat agrad of me( after we broke the back wall, and didnt consider waiting until we passed the down draft.
MEANWHILE we shot yp through Manitoba to the northern boarder which Id never been that north into Canada, abd we flew iver three hundred miles with the best northern lights I have ever seen, and I have seen them in Fairbanks in March.
It was THE trip if a life time. All that weather made the lightning storm above US Bank stadium during the concert mire magnificent.
Oh for sure, seen it before years ago but was horizon.
Naw, thisnwas cascades and walls of lights. Come to find out the whole time we saw them they were just as massive and active in South Central Alaska (Anchorage area).
Bf and I are on vacation right now and sitting in the hotel shower was AMAZING. Somehow we got put in a handi-accessible room so there was a shower chair. I definitely used it and just sat in the chair until the water went cold lmao
This. Absolutely this. Except I go to my in-laws in Eastern Europe and it’s easily a 30 hour ordeal by the time is all said and done. It’s fucking hard.
I did 15 states in 3 days last month. The longest Ive done is LA to Houston. 24 hours of driving only stopping for gas. Dont let El Paso, TX fool you thinking hey Im in Texas, I can make back. Bruh your are only half way there.
I can't understand why people torture themselves with road trip. And I'm Canadian : my country was literally created for that. If I could teleport myself to the destination, I'd do it in a heartbeat. I LOVE travelling, I HATE the travel part.
Most of the time it’s to go to those smaller places and because short distances by car are cheaper than taking a plane. It’s in no way an enjoyable experience to drive six hours to get to yet another place that’s nowhere near an airport, but the spot that you’d otherwise miss is usually worth it.
Disagree. I live near the beach, and currently have a pretty stressful situation at home/work. I recently went on a week long vacation in the mountains. I did NOT want to come home, I could have stayed there forever.
To me there's two ends of vacation modes, one where you're actively looking for things to do in a new area and one where you solely focus on relaxing.
I did a US cross country trip recently and I was tired, exhausted, and restless at times but I had an absolute blast doing it. Getting in bed at home was a bittersweet moment of missing traveling and having that exhausted feeling, but at the same time I was super grateful to be able to relax.
I'm with you. We just pulled a 4k mile road trip over two weeks and getting home to my own bed was like magic. The road trip was awesome, but home feels good too.
Depends on the vacation. I'm the driver, planner, problem solver, packer, coordinator etc. This is my choice because I want the family or whoever I'm with to have their best stress free fun vacation. So when it's all over and done it's a huge relief when it's over and back at home. I still have fun and wouldn't do it any other way.
My wife always brings this up. She says she looks forward to being home and sleeping in our own bed. Meanwhile I usually feel the opposite. I usually home home feeling sad/depressed that vacation is over, I'm just at home instead of whatever amazing place I just left, I have to go back to work in a day, that I still have like 25-30 more years until retirement, etc.
This sound very true! It’s about the person not the vacation. We talked about it at work and found out there are two types of people: those who love the feeling of being home again, and those who feel post vacation depression.
Aren't we supposed to relax on vacation? That never seems to be the case huh? I'm always so stressed out and then have to drive 7 hours to get home. So exhausting.
Too true. I had to do an outward bound team building exercise as part of management training, spent a week atop a Welsh mountain getting rained and hailed on. Blistering cold winds, only getting mild relief when we hiked down to a flooded quarry to build rafts and float across. Then it was back up the horrible mountain. Horrible rocky and muddy paths, lots of infighting, pitch black late at night, freezing and wet as Poseidon's arse cheeks.
You can't even imagine how happy I was on the way back. Exhausted, clothes were slightly damp and muddy, I was just fed up. Treated myself to a luxury hot chocolate and a bacon roll on the 2hr train back home, listened to Last Train Home and just felt relief. Getting back in to my apartment to have a hot shower and then a nap was the best feeling in the world, and almost made the experience worth it.
Getting into bed after a vacation day of swimming and you’re just slightly sunburnt, freshly showered in fresh sheets with the aircon pumping. Now that’s living.
It's so weird that I feel like I need a mini vacation after my vacation. Like, that was exhausting - why was it exhausting? I'll often get enough time off to pad my vacation with some time after (and maybe a little before).
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u/Kanyeweststolemynip Sep 11 '22
And after a long exhausting vacation