Looking High Above the Rocks

 

Looking down upon the rocks in the ocean from high above. Taken along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in Spain.

Great Travel Ideas For Your Next Family Vacation

 

It is always exciting to plan a trip with your entire family. Whether it is a weekend vacation, family vacation for the whole family or an all inclusive vacation for the whole family, a vacation is almost always a good time. Traveling is a great way to connect with the people that you love the most and also to discover new places.

Multi-generational Travel

Plan an extended family vacation at a destination such as a beach resort or on a cruise. Some of the children might prefer to lounge on a hammock while their parents swim or play volleyball. If your friends are coming on vacation, ask them to bring their children along to make the vacation experience more enjoyable. Also, arrange for a family friendly activity such as a fishing camp, tennis courts or even a swimming pool. Plan to spend several days at this activity so you and your loved ones can enjoy it together. Share some travel ideas for this great vacation with your friends and see what you can do to get the family vacation to the island this summer.

Shopping Family Vacation

The holidays do not have to be just for families. If you and your entire family love shopping, plan a family vacation to a mall, or even a retail park. A mall is always full of fun activities and can be packed with activity for your children. Even if your children are not quite as fond of shopping, it will give you and your entire family something to talk about while waiting for things in line.

Go Camping Family Vacation

Do you know that your children really enjoy camping? They often enjoy going out in the woods, taking advantage of the natural beauty around them and spending some time with you and your other loved ones. You may decide to spend a week or two at a popular campground, or perhaps even a week on a private property. This is a great way to spend quality time with each other and get to know one another.

Holiday Vacations are meant to be relaxing and fun and you should make sure they are. If you feel that you are unable to enjoy your trip due to any reason or by yourself, try to arrange a trip with family. Traveling with friends can be very interesting and enjoyable, especially when it comes to planning a family vacation. If there are no children around, you and your friends can all enjoy yourselves and maybe go to a theme park or even a zoo. If the family holiday is on an active one, go on a bike tour or take a tour of the city.

When traveling with the whole family, one idea that you could try is to take the whole family to the same destination for the entire vacation. Take a trip to Disney World or visit some historical sites such as the Statue of Liberty or the Great Wall of China. You could take the entire family to a movie show. Take a trip to the place you love to eat and enjoy. All of these travel ideas can make your family holiday memorable, so be creative when finding travel plans for this family outing.

Thoughts on why we travel

Humans go on journeys to find what they are looking for, and when they find it, the journey is over. 

However some do not know why or cannot define their purpose in life. The same can be said of a country/nation's people: They must have a direction and goal that makes them work together as one force.

This makes it extremely difficult to define the purpose of life. It is even more difficult when you realize that no single person can know what their ultimate goal in life should be. The one thing I find most puzzling is that humans don't question why they do things, like going on a journey or doing something with only a vague idea what it might lead to.

There is no other way to find meaning in life except to question things and try to understand them. Most humans are incapable of doing this, because they cannot imagine a world without absolutes. This makes me think that it might be impossible for us as mortals - or existence in general - to know what we should do with our lives.

Some humans are obsessed with money, which in the end is nothing more than a means to an end. Some are obsessed by sex and love, but those things don't last forever.

The only thing that I believe is truly real is the universe, and in some sense existence itself. Perhaps this notion of 'the universe' does not make any sense to humans who are unable to realize what it means for them to exist.

Humans are obsessed with the idea of travelling to distant places, in search for something that doesn't exist. They only seek this because they are told it is right or wrong by their religious leaders.