Ready for adventure? Wanting to know a new city?
Take off and get lost! Seriously.
Head out on foot with a map, your smart phone and at least enough money to take a cab back to your hotel. Walk for a few blocks in one direction, maybe looking for a coffee shop. Stop in. Check it out. Then ask a local question, like when is the local farmer's market. Then take off for another type of shop. Maybe a bakery. Maybe a charity shop. Maybe a book store. Maybe a park. Maybe a street performer.
Can you find these things?
Then comes the real test. Can you find your way back to your hotel?
In a matter of a couple of hours, you learned more about an area than you could ever learn on the internet. Or from a tour guide. Why? Because it is your personal experience. Completely priceless.
Take off and get lost! Seriously.
Head out on foot with a map, your smart phone and at least enough money to take a cab back to your hotel. Walk for a few blocks in one direction, maybe looking for a coffee shop. Stop in. Check it out. Then ask a local question, like when is the local farmer's market. Then take off for another type of shop. Maybe a bakery. Maybe a charity shop. Maybe a book store. Maybe a park. Maybe a street performer.
Can you find these things?
Then comes the real test. Can you find your way back to your hotel?
In a matter of a couple of hours, you learned more about an area than you could ever learn on the internet. Or from a tour guide. Why? Because it is your personal experience. Completely priceless.