For The L♥ve of Reading discussion

I'm a traveler enjoying local, national, and international travel. If you also enjoy traveling where do you tend to go? How do you usually travel: plane, train, car? How many books do you bring with you? When and how often do you read while on a vacation?

Do you feel like you are cheating time out of your vacation when you spend time reading instead of enjoying the sights. Or is reading a built in part of your vacation?

*Do you keep a travel journal?*

I think I have tried every mode of travel there is. I like driving and flying. However, my boys really like amtrak. Greyhound is annoying but sometimes it is too cheap to pass up.

I always have a book. I tend to read a bit in the plane but I mostly sleep. (Especially if it is just me and the three boys. I take what ever energy I can get.) Although, I bring a book and want to read I usually don't get much done. Most vacations we spend so much time doing things and seeing things that I crash easily. Which is the whole point of going on vacation unless it is a week on the beach for relaxation. My boys are not old enough for me not to worry about them next to the ocean waves yet.

I try to write little blurbs down in my daily calendar. We tend to have photos for everyday which is nice. Instead of journaling. I scrapbook my photos and the blurbs from the trip with brochures, plane tickets, and little do dads from places visited.

Do you feel like you are cheating time out of your vacation when you spend time reading instead of enjoying the sights. Or is reading a built in part of your vacation?

I like to travel and books have been part of travel for me for a long time. I haven't traveled much recently but if I could go anywhere in the USA I would go back to San Diego. I read on the beach the last time I was there and would do it again. I would love to go to France, Italy, and England.

I can't wait tell I can read without worrying. Looking every minute to make sure they are safe near the water doesn't make for enjoyable reading. They swim ok for being 8,7, & 5 but waves and currents can't be trusted. I'm thinking about spending more time camping this summer. That seems like a good idea. I can read while they fish. I wont have to worry unless I hear a splash as they fall in. LOL!

I can understand that concern. I guess for me because I am single that doesn't seem to be a concern right now. I am comfortable reading anywhere though. :)

When ever I travel -- used to do more before marriage and child...just in US I take one to two books. I think I thinkins is part of the travel/Vac - or did...now with a child it's more about watching him and keeping up.

i like to travel, i dont remember the last place i went

I do enjoy taking a book into the tub once they are sleeping. Hotel bubble bath helps loosen up the muscles. :-)

I have never been outside of my own state. I definitely would like to travel to the other states someday. I would even like to travel to Ireland.

I always bring at least one book with me on any trip. I love flying. I cannot read while I am on the road or up in the air. I do read at night when everyone else is in bed.

I keep a book in the bathroom. LOL. I get that from my dad. Except he has a pile of scientific journals.