Aruba stamp (the closest I'll ever get to waterskiing)It's March -- that month when the nights are cold and days can be beautiful, except for the occasional tornado to hit downtown Atlanta. The crocus in the front yard has suddenly appeared, though -- a sure sign that April is coming and winter will be gone for good. Still, the high today may reach only 50 degrees, and I hope the weather makes its mind up soon. Its definitely time to think about warmer weather, sunshine, and cloudless blue skies: in other words, places to go on Spring break!
Somewhere like Aruba, where my friend Paul spent some time in 1996. He sent a card that describes the island's attractions sounding like a James Bond movie: "really action packed: scuba, dirt bikes, windsurfing, fire walking, topless bathing. The whole bit." The back of the card can't help but indulge in a bit of island boosterism: "With its beautiful people, beaches and climate the most popular place under the sun." Not to mention the windmills, the burros, the cooking! (Take a good look at the card by clicking on the link, above.) Aruba has it all ... and then some.
... which means Abaco in the Bahamas might feel a bit left out of where the action is, but that's okay. Here in "tranquil Green Turtle Cay," as the postcard calls it, they like it that way. (Even Bond needs a breather now and then.) My friend Hudson writes: "me and my two boys are either in the water or on the water during the daylight hours," and that the experience is "a mini-retreat of sorts." While I'm sure there's skiing and scuba and all sorts of fun for the Spring break overachiever, I'll take my nap on the (non-nude, thanks) beach covered in suntan lotion, spf45. Wake me for dinner.
And the country has very nice stamps, too -- always a consideration when deciding where to go on Spring break ...
On the other side of the world, the island of Poros, Greece, is another place where you can "stay on the beach, very relaxing." Be warned: if you decide to spend time indoors in this beautiful spot (and why would you even think of such a thing, but I guess this does happen) my niece Joelle says "they don't believe in air conditioning." She was there in 1997, spent the first two days in Athens, and hadn't found a place with email yet on the island. I guess that's what makes it a real vacation. The card below is a view of the Aegean at Skiathos. No civic boosterism needed on the back of this one: the bright sunshine on the lapis-blue water speaks for itself. If you didn't have to come back from visiting a place like this on Spring break, why would you?
2 comments:
I didn't know my daughter was in Greece!! You never told me about this Mark!
All kids have to keep their parents guessing somehow -- with a vacation spot like this you should be lucky she came back ...
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