Vacation

Edit: Dang!! I'm getting way too excited about Paris when I look through the research. I'm going to be so dazzled with the architecture and the artistic city....

I concur with a sentence in one of Emily's entry about how planning for Europe is fun, but when the actual trip comes along, it doesn't seem as fun anymore. I completely agree with that because I've planned many smaller events and the time that lead up to it is all fun, but then I forget to truly enjoy myself for the actual day.

So, I'm hoping that with all these smaller things that I have to do before Europe will distract me enough from being excited about the trip. I learned that I want to be surprised, continuously. I don't like everything being planned to a 'T' and think a little room of spontaneity adds the zest to a vacation. I learned that I much prefer sightseeing than a city with lots of shopping, per-se. I'm drawn to the history and the culture of a country rather than what's available.

Next year for my Canadian trip, I think I'll go to Mont Tremblant; for my smaller week-long trip, I'll visit either San Francisco or Vancouver; and for my big trip, I'm divided between Thailand and China/HK/Taiwan. Thailand never quite made it to my top 10 of places to go but after hearing someone talk about the culture and the art, I started getting drawn to it. Haha, partly why I'm so much more drawn to it is because I keep thinking Shane will get many great pictures from there.