Wednesday, 02 December 2009
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Your First Vacation Together is ALWAYS Special
There's a first time for everything, as the saying goes.
In a new relationship, there are lots of first times. Your first date, your first kiss, your first fight, your first... well you get the idea.
And there's the first time you go on holiday together. Somehow, no matter how many trips you make later, the very first one remains special. The tiniest details linger in your memory for ages. I believe that couples have to make their own history together, made up from all those unforgettable little and big events that happened in their relationship. So we chose our first trip with extra care. We went to the 'most popular city in the world', Barcelona.
We were not disappointed. It was a really good trip. It started with the hotel, which was slap bang on the Ramblas. For some reason they gave us their best room. Well 'room' is an insult, it was a top floor suite with two bathrooms and designer interior. There was a jacuzzi the size of a pool - really, it's amazing we ever left the room. But we did.
We decided to take a ride on one of these open top 'hop on hop off' buses to get a feel of the city. Hop on we did - but on the wrong bus. Never mind that, we just got to see more, even though we were treated on the odd hailshower on the way. We saw Camp Nou, had a beer with Messi (OK I promise to tell the truth from here on), the Olympic Village, the Sagrada Familia and a bunch of other landmarks.
Miriam and I have our special interests, and one of them is eating in those little restaurants where the chefs go out of their way to prepare something remarkable. On such place is Mauri, where my girlfriend bought me a lovely lunch. Everything in that place is handmade, painstakingly created. The love they have for their products just shines off every dish. And don't get me started on the sweets and the chocolates...
Speaking of which, another place you just have to go to is the Chocolate Museum, or MX is it called with its Catalan abbreviation. Located next to the Patissiers' Academy, here you will find most astonishing sculptures, completely made out of chocolate. Check out the virtual tour on their website here.
Well what can I say. We loved Barcelona. I cannot imagine who wouldn't. I'd love to visit it again, amb molt de gust (with pleasure)!
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I misread the title as "Your First Vaccination Together is ALWAYS Special", although I figure that would also be true. XD
Our first trip together was out honey moon, lol. We went to Gatlinburg Tennessee. It was really fantastic. We had a huge cabin to ourselves with huge beds and a huge hot tub out side, and a jacuzzi tub next to our bed. We went horseback riding up the mountain, hiked a trail to a waterfall, watched a parade, ate out at all these places we'd never been to, went to multiple museums and stuff. It was a great trip!
@QuantumStorm@xanga - LOL
@QuantumStorm@xanga - Haha, well it is! Why, I remember how my boyfriend held my hand and gazed lovingly into my eyes as the doctor plunged the needle into my arm... XD hahaha.
@just_the_average_jane@xanga - It totally makes you tear up just thinking about it doesn't it?
I just came back from Barcelona!!!! I'll be writing a post soon about how Barcelona was the city of lovers. I don't think I saw one single person. Everyone was a couple over there!
Haven't been on an actual vacation with him yet, but we're headed for our first in January for Disneyland! Then a cruise to Mexico in May.
Only problem is his family will be joining us... but since they're footing the bill, can I really complain?No since I have never been in a relationship.
I love Barcelona! I also took the hop-on hop-off bus.
i beg to differ...my first vacation with my SO went horribly. everything was wrong. we fought almost everyday, and as soon as we got back, we were totally fine.
@FreeeVerse@xanga - the thing was, there were two routes and we wanted to go to Park Güell. At the bus stop where we waited for the damn thing, both routes met. And of course, we took the first one without looking. It was all Miriam's fault because she trusts me hehehe. But hey, we did the 'wrong' tour (no extra charge!) and then the 'right' tour.
@hundredsongsinhundreddays@xanga - Thank goodness it turned out alright for you guys. I went on the Park Guell route. SO GOOD.
@QuantumStorm@xanga - @just_the_average_jane@xanga - You guys are funny.
I'd say the first cut is the deepest!
The first trip we took outside of the city we live in was a road trip to ... my house. Hahaha. It was still good though.
i haven't been on a couples vacation...but i had to say i LOVE barcelona. i studied there and it was incredible. i miss it so much.
@QuantumStorm@xanga - LOL
wow.
our FIRST vacation is going to happen in exactly a week from today. i've never been out of the country (Australia), so we're going overseas together :D
amazing how relevant this post is to my life.
i can not WAIT to go travelling with him.
i only hope it's memorable for all the right reasons :) x
my bf and I planned a trip to London before we started dating, and then went together a month after we started dating XP so much fun!
As for Barcelona - I went there in 3rd grade and had a great time, therefore I conclude that it must be a fantastic city! ^^
My SO travel very often as part of "renewing" our relationship. We've been to over 20 countries for the past almost 4 years.. and the 1st "proper holiday" (we were in a LDR so we fly to visit each other) was to Turkey for 22 days + Greece for 4 days..
The whole experience we had in Turkey was amazing... we had abit of culture shock but was very soon overwhelmed & absorbed by the gorgeous-ness of the country. We stayed in a cave hotel, a treehouse "penthouse" hotel, took our first hotair balloon ride and even escaped a few terrorist bombings which was on the same tourist trail we took!!
As for Greece, the boy allowed me to drive our rented buggy (without driving license) on the roads while fearing for his life everytime a big container truck overtakes! :p
Our first true vacation together was to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. But our first trip together of any kind was actually a road trip to... Southern New Jersey. To make a long story short, he worked for an auto dealer who was too lazy to have a special car shipped to the dealership Illinois, so he and a co-worker had to drive to Jersey to pick it up and drive it all the way back. He invited me to come along, and it ended up being one of the greatest trips I've ever been on! We made a lot of interesting stops, and I got to see some cities I'd never seen before--including Philadelphia. The ride home ended up being a nightmare with interstate closures and getting stranded overnight in West Virginia due to a blizzard. But some of my fondest memories of our relationship are from that trip. I had so much fun just being with him, and in retrospect, even all the bad things that happened were funny and random. We made the best of them and got through them together.