Where would I go?

The previous owners of this house must have had very interesting lives because I receive all sorts of intriguing catalogs and magazines. The latest came friday, it is some kind of travel and leisure magazine. I have been scouring the pages looking at all the fabulous places that I would like to visit, which has led me to think about some ideal trips that I would like to take. Thinking of vacations and trips is probably one of my favorite pastimes. It is what I think about often when I am doing mind numbing jobs like folding the laundry. So for now I've made 2 categories that I want to discuss, they are as follows.

1. A spousal trip only:
Austria would be my destination of choice. The sound of music is one of my all time favorite movies, and world war 2 holds lots of interest to me also. This would not be a European trip that you dash around from place to place and hardly ever get to catch your breath. I would spend a few days in Salzburg, that is where filming for the SOM took place, we would stay in the city and tour all the old sites and gardens from the movie, then I would want to head to vienna for a few days there, listening to open air concerts and taking in some culture, from there I would like to go to a bed and breakfast in the countryside and spend some time a small village in the mountains, taking in the scenery and the MOUNTAINS. The last part of my trip would be taking a jaunt over to the Mauthausen concentration camp, now the only time that I would leave Austria would be to pop over to Poland to visit Auschwitz. I could never leave Europe without visiting some of these camps and I would be fairly close to them. I know this sounds a little morbid, but I have a true appreciation for this type of history. It saddens greatly, but it also humbles me and forces me to not be complacent about stuff.

Trip #2 A Family Trip
My idea of a perfect family trip would be to rent an RV for an entire summer and just hit the road. My kids are at a great age for this type of travel, maybe it would be more ideal in a year or two but we are close enough. I would start by heading north to new england then take a northerly direction to head across the U.S. towards Oregon, stopping at yellowstone, and any other place we so desired. I want to travel south along the california coastal hwy and I heard the trip is better from N to S, we would then swing east and hit the grand canyon and then head south towards some of the gulf states, and then back home. An RV would be a perfect way to travel with the kids, staying at parks along the way, they could play games in the RV and watch videos as to not get overly cranky. Lots of good family time, and we would be learning all kinds of neat things that would make for an excellent history class. I also wouldn't mind breaking it up for the next 3 0r 4 yrs and taking 2 to 3 weeks at a time to hit the different regions.