| Arguably, we all have hobbies with some more | | | | have many opportunities to actually be in your |
| exciting, more productive and more obvious than | | | | favorite shows. Think about being in the audience or |
| others. We engage in our hobbies as a way to | | | | being an extra or just being in the studio where you |
| express ourselves, to relax our minds and just to be | | | | may run into your favorite television stars. |
| happy with ourselves. We may indulge in reading, | | | | So, where can you take such a vacation? Simple - go |
| writing, gardening, baking, sewing, ice skating, bungee | | | | to the cities where the shows are being produced! |
| jumping, mountain hiking and just about anything and | | | | We can mention Los Angeles and New York City for |
| everything under the sun but no matter what your | | | | the purpose. You may have to stand in line to fulfill |
| hobby may be, you can turn it into a vacation. | | | | your dreams but it is part of the fun of the vacation. |
| Yes, indeed, combining a vacation with your hobby is | | | | Besides, you can then have bragging rights to close |
| possible and enjoyable, to boot. You will enjoy the | | | | family and friends that you turned your hobby into a |
| vacation simply because the possible activities hold | | | | great vacation. |
| great interest. Here then are the five relatively | | | | Exercising on Your Vacation |
| sedate hobbies that you can turn into exciting | | | | Yes, you are thinking that a vacation is meant to be |
| vacations. | | | | a time for relaxation, not exertion. But no rule book |
| Visiting the Places in Your Books | | | | says that you should leave your passion for sports, |
| Good books have the magical quality to transport us | | | | exercise and physical activity behind just because |
| to places we have yet to see in person. Well, now | | | | you are on vacation. |
| that you are of the right age and the right financial | | | | If you are the sports or exercise junkie, you have so |
| status, you can actually visit the places in your books. | | | | many choices to keep fit on your leisure time. Think |
| For example, you can take a hiking trip through Cuba | | | | of civilian boot camps, riding camps fro everything |
| while reading the One Hundred years of Solitude. Or | | | | from horses to boats, and even of fitness camps |
| go to Russia for the ultimate Anna Karenina | | | | where learning new things about your health is the |
| experience. Or visit China for a trip through some of | | | | menu of the day. |
| the places that Marco Polo visited. | | | | We can mention other hobbies that can be turned |
| You may also take a different route by visiting the | | | | into great vacations - gardening in a kibbutz in Israel, |
| stomping grounds, homes and other places | | | | fishing in the Great lakes and even golfing in Scotland. |
| associated with your favorite authors. Go to the | | | | The important thing with these vacations is that |
| Keys for Hemingway's house or to Baltimore to visit | | | | nobody forced you to go to the place since that |
| Edgar Allan Poe. | | | | would violate the premise of the |
| Getting Up Off the Couch | | | | vacation-slash-hobby in the first place. |
| Now, if you are a television or movie junkie, you | | | | |