How Not to See Everything (And Why You Don’t Want To)
So you’re taking a European vacation. You’ve decided on a location, purchased your airline tickets, and booked your accommodations, whether it’s a hotel in London, a short-term apartment in Florence, or Tuscany villa rental. You’ve taken care of the “where” and the “how.”
Now comes perhaps the most important question: what?
Namely, what locations are you going to visit, what sights are you going to see, and what activities are you going to participate in?
For many travelers, the answer is “Everything!”
We’ll call this the “supermarket sweep” mentality. Given a limited amount of time, say two or three weeks, travelers feel compelled to pile as much as they possibly can into their metaphorical “shopping carts.” The temptation is to schedule every hour of the day in advance to cram in every Roman ruin, French chateau, Greek temple, and hill town in Tuscany.
If this is your inclination, I’d invite you to stop a moment and reconsider. What is it, exactly, that you want out...