Vacation plans...

ChristineF

ChristineF

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What are everyone doing for summer? Are you going away on a tropical getaway, perhaps a cruise or just hanging out at home, chilling in the backyard.

We're taking the kids to France. Their second trip, our billiont or something like that. South of France to be exact, we're renting my uncle's apartment and renting a car so we can go wherever. Beach is 5 minutes away by car, bakery and pool within walking distance, the pool is inside the gated community and we're on the top floor with a view of the ocean. The beaches are sandy, there are boat trips to the islands outside the coast, which we normally take for a daytrip. Then there is beautiful nature with spectacular views, a lake for pedal boats and water fun. Ah, I almost want it to be summer already. but spring needs to get a chance first.

So tell me about your plans :)
 
Sounds like an awesome summer plan, Christine!
We are not fixed yet on our plan. Too many places we want to go :p
 
We are going on our first family vacation (on my side) in June! My parents rented a cabin about 5 1/2 hours south of here for a week so my parents, my sister, my nephew, my husband, my kids, and me will all be heading down to hang out for a few days. The area has a huge recreation area + some famous caves + a zoo that only features Australian animals so hopefully it will be fun & we won't drive each other too crazy.

DH is in the middle of changing jobs & I'm interviewing for one so I'm a little concerned that one or both of us won't be able to get the time off but we'll see.

We don't have plans otherwise. Last summer we drove down to DH's brother's lake house over the Fourth of July weekend but I don't know that we'll have the time this year.
 
My family does what LeeAndra's is doing. Every year my parents rent a house in the mountains (the Poconos in Pennsylvania) for a week, and my family, my sister's family, and my brother's family all spend the week there together. I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with the trip. On the one hand it's so nice for everyone to spend that time together, and I love that we do it. On the other hand, there are 14 of us in one house trying to agree on meals, entertainment, and everything else for a week. For an introvert like me, it gets to be too many people with no chance to be alone and recharge.

This year we're also doing a long weekend away, just the 5 of us. We're going to Virginia Beach (about 3 hours from home) and staying right across the street from the beach.
 
rach3975 said:
My family does what LeeAndra's is doing. Every year my parents rent a house in the mountains (the Poconos in Pennsylvania) for a week, and my family, my sister's family, and my brother's family all spend the week there together. I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with the trip. On the one hand it's so nice for everyone to spend that time together, and I love that we do it. On the other hand, there are 14 of us in one house trying to agree on meals, entertainment, and everything else for a week. For an introvert like me, it gets to be too many people with no chance to be alone and recharge.

This year we're also doing a long weekend away, just the 5 of us. We're going to Virginia Beach (about 3 hours from home) and staying right across the street from the beach.
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I can relate on the frustration with too many people in one place, that's usually how our family gtg go too. A long weekend just the 5 of you sounds nice.
 
LeeAndra said:
We are going on our first family vacation (on my side) in June! My parents rented a cabin about 5 1/2 hours south of here for a week so my parents, my sister, my nephew, my husband, my kids, and me will all be heading down to hang out for a few days. The area has a huge recreation area + some famous caves + a zoo that only features Australian animals so hopefully it will be fun & we won't drive each other too crazy.

DH is in the middle of changing jobs & I'm interviewing for one so I'm a little concerned that one or both of us won't be able to get the time off but we'll see.

We don't have plans otherwise. Last summer we drove down to DH's brother's lake house over the Fourth of July weekend but I don't know that we'll have the time this year.
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Sounds like it's going to be a fun trip. I hope work doesn't ruin your plans.
 
We plan to go to Disney world since DD's birthday is on summer, I'm opposed actually because I know it will be packed with tons of people but since she requested it last year, I am now reading tons of blogs about DW planning and stuff. We plan to stay there for one week to visit universal.
 
We are going to germany for a week.and visit europapark for two days. It's was chozen the best attractionpark of europe.maybe we visit switserland for a day.it's not that far from wherw we staying.
In juli we visit disneyland paris for two days. ( also going there next week for two days )
 
Probably just going camping, maybe a short trip somewhere in driving distance since we just moved cross country to Utah and changed jobs.
 
End of May my brother-in-law is "getting" married in Italy. *long story, his fiance's visa is in question because of our new president and their lawyer advised them not to get married in Italy. This wedding has been planned since last summer. So no matter what, it will still go on, just might not be official.

Then end of June - my mom is being given an award at a national convention for hearing loss in Salt Lake City. We are flying out at the end of the conference to travel around the area. Hopefully I will be able to meet up with our SLC digi girls! :wub:
 
MamaBee said:
End of May my brother-in-law is "getting" married in Italy. *long story, his fiance's visa is in question because of our new president and their lawyer advised them not to get married in Italy. This wedding has been planned since last summer. So no matter what, it will still go on, just might not be official.

Then end of June - my mom is being given an award at a national convention for hearing loss in Salt Lake City. We are flying out at the end of the conference to travel around the area. Hopefully I will be able to meet up with our SLC digi girls! :wub:
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Italy! How fun! Where in Italy are you going?

And I'd love to meet you in SLC!!
 
NeverendingJen said:
Italy! How fun! Where in Italy are you going?

And I'd love to meet you in SLC!!
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We are flying into Venice... the wedding is outside of Padua. Then we are making our way to Rome, stopping in Pisa and Florence along the way. Hoping we will see what we would like to see... in our group its the three of us, my parents, and my hubby's 91 year old grandma and 83 year old aunt. Just finding a vehicle large enough to haul everyone wasn't easy. :D
 
MamaBee said:
We are flying into Venice... the wedding is outside of Padua. Then we are making our way to Rome, stopping in Pisa and Florence along the way. Hoping we will see what we would like to see... in our group its the three of us, my parents, and my hubby's 91 year old grandma and 83 year old aunt. Just finding a vehicle large enough to haul everyone wasn't easy. :D
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hahaha oh yeah, not in Italy would that be easy. If you explore venice, make sure to go to burano. It's STUNNING. You are going to some of my favorite cities! the hop on/off buses around Rome are usually a great price too, as its an easy way to transit the city and they come regularly so you can get off and explore. If you are doing the vatican, be there SUPER early to get in line and make sure everyone is dressed appropriately as well. It's worth the wait too.
 
NeverendingJen said:
hahaha oh yeah, not in Italy would that be easy. If you explore venice, make sure to go to burano. It's STUNNING. You are going to some of my favorite cities! the hop on/off buses around Rome are usually a great price too, as its an easy way to transit the city and they come regularly so you can get off and explore. If you are doing the vatican, be there SUPER early to get in line and make sure everyone is dressed appropriately as well. It's worth the wait too.
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thank you, thank you for the recommendations. We are a little "deer in the headlights" for this trip!
 
Camping for us, I've already picked 2 weeks, maybe one more and a small trip to my inlaws cabin about 4 hours from here. We did our family vacation over spring break.


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I live in Maine and we go way in the winter when the weather is crap :D Summers here are gorgeous so we stay right here and spend a lot of time at our place on the lake. My daughter (17) will be working and doing summer basketball and volunteering at the Ronald McDonald House so she'll be busy anyway. We're doing a couple last college tours here in New England. We had our get away this winter when we went to Savannah/Tybee Island - we spent 10 glorious days in the land of palm trees while we escaped the frozen snowy tundra :D:D:D
 
We weren't going to go anywhere.. it's expensive to travel right now to the states (i want to go back to the oregon coast every day... haha) BUT Lucas asked if we could go back to victoria on vancouver island and who am I to say no to that?! lol
 
KristinCB said:
We weren't going to go anywhere.. it's expensive to travel right now to the states (i want to go back to the oregon coast every day... haha) BUT Lucas asked if we could go back to victoria on vancouver island and who am I to say no to that?! lol
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We're going to the Oregon Coast in August! It's been at least 24 years since I've been.


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My little sister's getting married at the end of May so we have a lot of family coming in for that. And then nothing much for our summer. We want to explore around our area, I think. In August we'll go with my family to the Oregon coast for a week! Luckily, my little family will be in the Casita so we'll have a place to escape when the large number of people gets to be too much. It should be pretty great.


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We're heading to So Cal in 10 days!! Freaking out because of all the things that need to be done before, but I'm sure we'll have fun once we're there.

I'd love to go to Hawaii. I don't know if it's gonna happen this year... probably not. We may just be staying put this summer and exploring our area, maybe introducing fishing to the kids.
 
No trips planned for us - we go camping a lot during the summer - like we try for every other weekend, so that's kind of our summer "vacations". I'd LOVE to take a real trip but we just did one in February so I'm pretty sure that won't happen.

I love reading about everyone's travel plans!
 
britaneejean said:
Come with me!! You might have to sleep on an air mattress in our casita though We're going to Brookings.


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oohh the southern coast is on my bucket list. sigh. oregon seriously has a special place in my heart. LOL!
 
KristinCB said:
oohh the southern coast is on my bucket list. sigh. oregon seriously has a special place in my heart. LOL!
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When we visited last, we went to Arch Cape so that was northern Oregon. This will be my first time going to the southern part. I can't wait to see the beach, rocks, and beautiful views.
 
My 4th grader is out for summer Memorial weekend so we are going camping that weekend. Family reunion in the middle of June and maybe great wolf lodge or Legoland in July. Another camping trip in August and then hubby and I will be going to Los Cabos in September kid-free for 4 days!!
 
We do most of our traveling in the winter because of farming- but we will be spending a couple of weekends at our "lake house." It's a 1973 trailer we bought last year at the lake two hours from us. It's nothing special, but it has a great deck and is right across the street from my parents 1967 trailer. Haha. We are friends with everyone in the trailer park and I'm really excited for Teddy to grow up going there all summer.

Teddy and I will hopefully be going to visit Jennifer in SLC, too! Nothing is official, but I'm super excited to finally hug her in person!
 
KristinCB said:
We weren't going to go anywhere.. it's expensive to travel right now to the states (i want to go back to the oregon coast every day... haha) BUT Lucas asked if we could go back to victoria on vancouver island and who am I to say no to that?! lol
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Victoria sounds nice though. And Canada is on MY bucket list so I'm jealous of you who gets to live there.

And next year, if you go to France I can hook you up with a sweet appartment (or two if you want to bring friends) for a great price ;)
 
ChristineF said:
Victoria sounds nice though. And Canada is on MY bucket list so I'm jealous of you who gets to live there.

And next year, if you go to France I can hook you up with a sweet appartment (or two if you want to bring friends) for a great price ;)
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Victoria is my favourite city i've ever been to <3 <3 I do LOVE Canada
 
We will be doing some camping and we are considering heading to Silverton, Colorado for 4th of July to see their fireworks display. It's amayyyyyzing from what I've heard. We'll see. Nothing too exciting. I do know where I'd love to go, but yea well....LOL
 
We are going to Belgium. We've rented this awesome holiday home which has it's own pool (indoors so if the weather is bad, we're still good !), jacuzzi and a sauna. It's all about relaxing with us when we're going on our vacation. We are going to check out the surroundings for sure because it's beautiful where we are going but I am mostly looking forward to soaking in the jacuzzi ;) hahaha
 
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