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Relax Don t Max Out Your Two Weeks Off From Work
n a year, workers can only to schedule shots, and how to
take two weeks off from settle other pressing matters
work. That's a lucky break before taking off for distant
because the unfortunate can only airports with family in tow.
take a week off. Whatever, don't
nuke your plans; devise a way to Make up your choice - Greece for
enjoy a 14-day break before the June Miaoulia Festival, or
flying off to Costa Rica. see the famous nearby Patmos
Island where God is said to have
Globe Trekker at Your End appeared. Toss a coin - heads for
Solomon Islands, and tails for
After watching several episodes Costa Rica. It's hard to make a
of the Globe Trekker, you're choice if you only have two weeks
ready to pack up and leave the to squeeze in the new sights and
bone-chilling weather. The idea sounds.
is great, but fortunately, your
break is scheduled for summer; But it is unwise to make every
you can't trade the slush for sun day of the 14-day break a
and sea. With no option now, you sightseeing marathon. You don't
can only watch more Globe Trekker have to go to all of the shops,
episodes, Lost, or Saturday Night eat in all the cafes and
Basketball, just to lull your restaurants, and look in every
wanderlust until summer. nook and cranny of Costa Rica or
Greece. With a plan all mapped
In-between wishful thinking and out, you can savor each day,
TV episodes, mentally go over the enjoy your family, and have fun
preparatory routine same as last without the stress.
year. Decide where to leave the
dog and the houseplants, when to Travel Safely
make the embassy inquiries, when
To ensure your safety from any prescription, or better yet,
legal repercussions, check out check out the foreign embassies
with the Department of State and to make sure your medication does
report your travel. The not fall under banned narcotics.
Department will alert you to high
risk areas for your own and your Squeezing the Fun In
family's safety. You can get
information about the customs Renting a fully-furnished
restrictions of the country to be apartment beats hotel living. You
visited and the things you cannot can still watch your favorite TV
bring or take back with you. It shows in the evenings and have
is prudent to do research on the more space for the children to
country's local laws and customs. romp around. Meals can be
delivered when you're bone-tired,
Learn how you can get funds from and a washing machine takes care
your country of origin and how to of the laundry. Rent a car, get a
replace your passport in case you map, and do your sightseeing at
lose it. Don't forget to get an your own pace. You don't have to
international driver's permit, if wake up to an alarm clock just to
you're planning to drive yourself catch up with the morning tour.
around for your sightseeing tour.
This saves you time arguing with Do what the locals do in Costa
the local police. Rica. Enjoy the Tabacon hot
springs, fly the canopy, and
Get health insurance, in case visit the old Spanish settlement
your present insurance does not in Cartago City. Breathe in the
cover hospitalization abroad. If sights and relax - there's no
you have to take medication with need to hurry. That's the trick
you, ask your physician for a in capturing the magic of an
certification for your annual 14-day break. Hurrying
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