My wife and I struggle with this a lot. She likes the beach. I hate the beach and would much rather be in the mountains or exploring cities the way the locals do.
Sitting on a beach sipping cocktails really is horrible for me. I need more activity than that.
Where are you staying in Atlanta?
Stone Mountain and Piedmont Park are probably the coolest local attractions. The Atlanta History Center is quite cool too (theyāve got a period mansion from the 1920s and a reconstructed antebellum plantation on the property).
For random food recs, Iād recommend The Slutty Vegan for a memorable experience. Atlanta weirdly has some of the best Korean BBQ in the whole country, but only in the distant suburbs. The fire marshals in a couple heavily Asian exurbs still allow indoor charcoal grills. 678 and 770 are the two restaurants I know of that have charcoal grills in the table.
As close to the Eastern music venue as we can find an Air BnB probably.
Cabbagetown and Inman Park are the neighborhoods you want to be in. Grant Park and Reynoldstown are second choices. Reynoldstown is closest, but not that notable of a neighborhood; Cabbagetown is both walkable from the venue and one of Atlantaās coolest neighborhoods.
I always way overestimate how much Iāll enjoy the beach. My gf and I decided to pass 6 months in Puerto Vallarta figuring thereād be enough to do to keep it interesting, but we were kinda bored with the same walk every day after a month or 2.
I will say the one exception is Rio. Thatās just an incredibly, incredibly fun city and I could easily hang out at the beach or walk the boardwalk every day and never get bored. And the locals are always playing sports or doing something on the beach so people watching is solid. Not to mention the men and women look like Greek gods there. Itās just sitting at the beach for 3-4 hours with nothing really to do that bores me.
Civil and Human Rights Museum in ATL.
Just bought flights for Christmas in Paris. Arrive Christmas morning (redeye, womp), leave New Yearās Eve.
We were there 7 years ago for a few days during our honeymoon - will be going back to all the museums and a couple of the restaurants that we loved.
Any restaurant or activity suggestions?
On the list: LāAvant Comptoir, Petit Pointoise
Iām with you on that. Iād almost rather be doing anything else.
I always find the free walking tours once I arrive in a city. I mean theyāre tip based but still you can walk off and not pay if you want.
Hmmm Iām no foodie but I really enjoyed the food in Rome. Particularly a slightly out of the way restaurant not far from our hotel, but I may have been luckyā¦ though we also ate at an obvious tourist trap restaurant very close to one of the big sites and it was also very good. May have been lucky but also we subsisted on gelato for 7 days so I wasnāt being picky
Defintely a beach guy, I donāt want to have to research and plan a bunch of shit when Iām on vacation. If someone does it for me I donāt mind it but Iām just as happy to sit around, eat good food, drink, golf, read a book or whatever. Iām a simple guy, you will basically never here me say Iām bored. Iām the kind of person that would have no problem retiring right now at 35.
Beautiful! Where is that?
I get bored way too quickly at the beach.
Iām also superuber white. So itās a chair, umbrella and a shitload of sunscreen for me.
Rick Steves has some new website for guides. Iām guessing it probably isnāt total garbage. Havenāt used it and donāt typically use guides so thatās all Iāve got.
Awesome. I might pick your brain one day. Itās so much faster / cheaper to fly to the Virgin Islands from Indy compared to Hawaii.
Pun intended?
We werenāt exactly ballinā at the time, but our best meal in Paris was here: https://chez-gabrielle.business.site/. Itās a short walk north of the Arc de Triomphe.
Musee DāOrsay
Montmartre with the view from Sacre Coeur, then some merguez and cous cous. If youāre a real art junkie walk past Bateau Lavoir where Picasso, Modigliani, Apollinaire etc almost starved to death
The rest of Paris, not so much if youāve been there before and done the usual things.
Thatās like a stuff one does on a weekend. Traveling for that is suboptimal. The time spent travelling just cuts into leisure time. Obviously if you donāt live somewhere where you have good restaurants, golf, or whatever it is that you enjoy doing, thatās a different story.
When itās -10 degrees, sitting on a beach all day sounds like heaven.