...and the pictures will just be filed away in a box never to be looked at again. But! you never know what you will see (3 naked ladies riding a unicycle
) and you can get cameras as small as a credit card nowadays, so it is not much effort to bring one along.
Do something awesome . For example, several years ago we went on a family vacation to Caracas, Venezuela. The surf, island expedition, food, seeing the city, etc, was alright, but my favorite (and certainly most vivid!) memory was riding in a city bus with no walls, chickens in the overhead bins, and people dancing to salsa music blaring on the radio. Let's see, took two weeks off of school for illness and came back golden brown. In Feburary
If you can find a local who will go with you for dinners and shows that will be great. As a bit of a test* I checked out the tourist stuff they have here in Cincinnati and... it sucked. Well, the zoo, aquarium, Kings Island. Art museum. Outlet malls. Baseball games. BORING CRAP. Actually the zoo is pretty good. Ottawa is the same. Toronto was a bit better. Hiding in between all the tourist places are the excellent unique shops and restaraunts. Just speaking from cities I've lived in for a while and have also bothered to check out the "touristy" things to do. Don't expect the concierge to recommend anything exciting, you gotta find it on your own!
*Actually my aunt cousin great cousin once removed (?) came down from newfoundland. She had never been to a five guys before, which is basically a fast food joint. Apparently it was the best burger she ever had! AAA would never recommend it of course, being a boring national chain. Now we did go to the outlet mall, because middle aged women like that sort of stuff.
I stand by my first post in this thread: "Spending a few hours lost in the transit system would probably do you some good." It's complexity is world famous!
Do something awesome . For example, several years ago we went on a family vacation to Caracas, Venezuela. The surf, island expedition, food, seeing the city, etc, was alright, but my favorite (and certainly most vivid!) memory was riding in a city bus with no walls, chickens in the overhead bins, and people dancing to salsa music blaring on the radio. Let's see, took two weeks off of school for illness and came back golden brown. In Feburary
If you can find a local who will go with you for dinners and shows that will be great. As a bit of a test* I checked out the tourist stuff they have here in Cincinnati and... it sucked. Well, the zoo, aquarium, Kings Island. Art museum. Outlet malls. Baseball games. BORING CRAP. Actually the zoo is pretty good. Ottawa is the same. Toronto was a bit better. Hiding in between all the tourist places are the excellent unique shops and restaraunts. Just speaking from cities I've lived in for a while and have also bothered to check out the "touristy" things to do. Don't expect the concierge to recommend anything exciting, you gotta find it on your own!
*Actually my aunt cousin great cousin once removed (?) came down from newfoundland. She had never been to a five guys before, which is basically a fast food joint. Apparently it was the best burger she ever had! AAA would never recommend it of course, being a boring national chain. Now we did go to the outlet mall, because middle aged women like that sort of stuff.
I stand by my first post in this thread: "Spending a few hours lost in the transit system would probably do you some good." It's complexity is world famous!
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