Comments on: Travel Tip Tuesday: How to Spend Your First Day of Vacation http://my-bellavita.com/2009/07/14/how-to-spend-your-first-day-of-vacation/ Living and Traveling in Calabria, Italy Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:49:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alisa http://my-bellavita.com/2009/07/14/how-to-spend-your-first-day-of-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-5693 Alisa Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:26:09 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1996#comment-5693 Great post! If I have the time and energy, I try to grab a few snacks and take a look at the public transportation system. It always takes a little time to figure new ones out.   <strong><em>Great (and very true) point. Thanks, Alisa.</em></strong>   Great post! If I have the time and energy, I try to grab a few snacks and take a look at the public transportation system. It always takes a little time to figure new ones out.
 
Great (and very true) point. Thanks, Alisa.
 

]]> By: Anne http://my-bellavita.com/2009/07/14/how-to-spend-your-first-day-of-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-5690 Anne Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:31:59 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1996#comment-5690 I agree with all these tips, we do hardly anything on our first day, even though we only have to come from the UK. We normally only have to drive and hour or so to our destination, when we have been to Italy, and we just settle in. Our first port of call though is a supermarche, so far we have been lucky and have been given directions from owners and they are normally on our way to the apartment. Once that is done, we can relax, and normally just stay around the town we are in. We have the food for the evening meal, and breakfast and wine for the night!! Then we have a fridge stocked and can decide whether to eat in or out..:-)   <strong><em>That *does* sound relaxing! What a way to start your vacations!</em></strong>   .-= Anne´s last blog ..<a href="http://anne-arnott.blogspot.com/2009/07/bloggers-strike-in-italy.html" rel="nofollow">Bloggers Strike in Italy</a> =-. I agree with all these tips, we do hardly anything on our first day, even though we only have to come from the UK.

We normally only have to drive and hour or so to our destination, when we have been to Italy, and we just settle in. Our first port of call though is a supermarche, so far we have been lucky and have been given directions from owners and they are normally on our way to the apartment. Once that is done, we can relax, and normally just stay around the town we are in. We have the food for the evening meal, and breakfast and wine for the night!! Then we have a fridge stocked and can decide whether to eat in or out..:-)
 
That *does* sound relaxing! What a way to start your vacations!
 
.-= Anne´s last blog ..Bloggers Strike in Italy =-.

]]> By: stacy http://my-bellavita.com/2009/07/14/how-to-spend-your-first-day-of-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-5689 stacy Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:35:18 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1996#comment-5689 stay awake - if you have to nap, try to do it early in the day and for for under an hour. have an early dinner and go to bed at an early (but reasonable) hour. say by 9pm. that way you get a good night's rest and your internal clock adjusts itself to your new time zone. I always caution travelers not to expect themselves to hit the ground running. people just don't realize how tired they will actually be... works for me - I rarely suffer from jet lag =)   <strong><em>Me, either. I don't ever sleep, though. Ever. Not until it is after 9:00, like you said. </em></strong>   .-= stacy´s last blog ..<a href="http://texasespresso.blogspot.com/2009/03/eureka.html" rel="nofollow">EUREKA!</a> =-. stay awake – if you have to nap, try to do it early in the day and for for under an hour. have an early dinner and go to bed at an early (but reasonable) hour. say by 9pm. that way you get a good night’s rest and your internal clock adjusts itself to your new time zone. I always caution travelers not to expect themselves to hit the ground running. people just don’t realize how tired they will actually be…

works for me – I rarely suffer from jet lag =)
 
Me, either. I don’t ever sleep, though. Ever. Not until it is after 9:00, like you said.
 
.-= stacy´s last blog ..EUREKA! =-.

]]> By: Kim B. http://my-bellavita.com/2009/07/14/how-to-spend-your-first-day-of-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-5688 Kim B. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:10:52 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1996#comment-5688 Your advice sounds spot-on to me. Nothing to add!   <strong><em>Thanks, Kim.</em></strong>   Your advice sounds spot-on to me. Nothing to add!
 
Thanks, Kim.
 

]]> By: nyc/caribbean ragazza http://my-bellavita.com/2009/07/14/how-to-spend-your-first-day-of-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-5687 nyc/caribbean ragazza Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:13:54 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1996#comment-5687 I agree with all these tips especially if you just landed after a long trans-Atlantic trip!   <strong><em>You'd be surprised how many people don't plan for this and try to hit the ground running. They are exhausted much too early in their vacations this way.</em></strong>   .-= nyc/caribbean ragazza´s last blog ..<a href="http://sistergirltales.blogspot.com/2009/07/oggi-sciopero-bloggers-in-italy-on.html" rel="nofollow">Oggi sciopero! (Bloggers in Italy on strike today)</a> =-. I agree with all these tips especially if you just landed after a long trans-Atlantic trip!
 
You’d be surprised how many people don’t plan for this and try to hit the ground running. They are exhausted much too early in their vacations this way.
 
.-= nyc/caribbean ragazza´s last blog ..Oggi sciopero! (Bloggers in Italy on strike today) =-.

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