Vacation & Travel

So what did we do on our vacation? Nothing. That’s about it! hehe

I just didn’t have the heart to nag my husband to take care of his “honey do” list. I kept to myself at my computer most of the time (so what else is new) while he caught up on all the television shows he had recorded but hadn’t had a chance to watch yet.

Maybe one day we will actually get up off our butts and travel somewhere exotic like Brazil. I’ve heard there are plenty of cheap hotels in Rio. Cheap hotels are right up our alley - it would have to be cheap or we wouldn’t be able to go in the first place.

Every time I think about Brazil that old Barry Manilow song “Copacabana” gets into my head and won’t get out.

At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana (Copacabana)
The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana
Music and passion were always the fashion
At the Copa….don’t fall in love

(Copa) don’t fall in love
Copacabana
Copacabana

Now aren’t you glad you visited here today? *wicked evil grin*

But seriously, Ipanema and Copacabana Beach really are places I’d like to see in person one day. I just have to figure out a way to get my husband out of his chair.

When I was a kid in high school (of course I didn’t think I was a kid then) all of my friends took a French class as their required language class. Not I. I wasn’t interested in France at all, I was interested in Spain. Instead of taking French I took a Spanish class instead. I enjoyed it so much that I took a second year of the language even though it wasn’t required.

I wonder how much of the language I’d remember if I ever had the opportunity to travel to Barcelona. I was looking at some Barcelona hotels over at the Easy to Book website and I was impressed at just how easy it is to book hotels in Barcelona. I’m such a home grown country gal I’d probably travel all the way to Barcelona and then book my stay at the Best Western Premier Hotel Dante Barcelona there. Not that that would be a bad thing. The Best Western in Barcelona is a four star hotel and looks like just the kind of hotel I’d want to stay in.

My husband is taking one of his seven weeks of vacation from work next week but we don’t have any plans to go anywhere. It would be nice if we could take advantage of a service like Leisuretime Promotions but we won’t be able to do it this year.

Leisuretime Promotions offer worldwide flights from over 30 UK departure airports and has been offering luxury accommodations as well as fast and efficient reservation service to its members since 1993. Wow, that’s a long time and a lot of airports! If I lived in the UK I’d definitely be checking them out.

Heaven forbid we would have to take the Old Lady with us on vacation, but just in case we do I was looking for accommodations that would be suitable for our entire family. This four bedroom vacation villa in central Florida is something similar to the type of rental I will be looking for if we all decide to go on vacation together. I prefer something near a beach and not in the central part of the state though.

When I was looking around at the VLBO Vacation Rentals website for different Florida rentals I ran across some information about Harvey Cedars vacation rentals. I hate to show my geographical ignorance, but I really didn’t know there were beaches this nice in New Jersey. Well, I guess I never really thought about it. I’m a home grown Florida gal and have only been out of the state of Florida a few times since my childhood. When I think about beaches I usually think about Florida and the beaches that are very near my home.

I had a stressful day today and I sure wish I was relaxing on this balcony and enjoying the view even if it is in New Jersey, hehe. Maybe I can go on vacation soon.

With summer coming up I must be getting into a vacation frame of mind because my thoughts are turning to vacation types of activities lately.

I think I’ve been to Disney World about a billion times (I only live about an hour away) but I haven’t been in several years. One of my favorite attractions was the GE Circlevision Theater. I wonder if they still have that one. If I’m not mistaken this was the attraction that showed technology through the last century. The last time I saw it Grandma was using her computer to input recipes and that was a very future thinking thing to do! It might be worth my visit just to check out this attraction again. I can still hear the theme song going around and around in my head, hehe, “now is the time, now is the best time, now is the best time OF your life…”

One of the things that I really hated about going to Walt Disney World was standing in line for tickets. (I didn’t even have a computer the last time I went.) Welcome to the future, because now you don’t have to stand in line for tickets. You can purchase your Walt Disney World Tickets online (and at a discount) at OrlandoFunTickets.com.

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I’ve heard the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, but are the beaches whiter and are the skies and water bluer on the other side of the world? That is a question I intend to find the answer to for myself one day.

When I go on my Hawaiian vacation I don’t plan to stay in a large, commercialized hotel. Nope, when I vacation I prefer the privacy and comfort of a vacation villa over the impersonal environment of a traditional hotel and the people at Hawaiian Beach Rentals seem to be reading my mind.

What could be more perfect than staying at a Hawaii vacation villa right in the center of the place you want to be (whether you are looking for romance, relaxation, swimming, surfing or other activities) rather than several miles away at a hotel?

I won’t be going to Hawaii this year, but if you are looking for a made-to-order vacation in Hawaii, I recommend the expertise of the folks at Hawaiianbeachrentals.com.