I was very fond of Paris despite being at an age some would consider too young to enjoy it properly. It's filled with museums and stuff to do (and the top floor of the Eiffel Tower is definitely worth visiting).
If you're willing to consider someplace not warm, Alaska is a place you kind of have to do in the summer, but it is stunningly pretty and has all kinds of quirky offbeat culture-- when my family went there, we flew into Vancouver, spent a few days there, and then took a cruise up the Inside Passage. I recommend doing that; it's a fun way to get vacation luxuries and there is no other way to visit Juneau (it has no roads into or out of it).
Southern California, especially San Francisco and LA, are also nice places.
For actual vacation planning stuff... guidebooks might be much maligned, but they actually do give useful information to get you started! Once you're actually there, look around and talk to locals; they usually have a better idea of what the overlooked interesting things are. And B&Bs are quieter than hotels, often cheaper, and usually provide breakfast. (That's all off the top of my head; I can ask my mother for more-- she's an absolute whiz at planning vacations on a budget.)
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Date: 2010-06-16 07:53 pm (UTC)If you're willing to consider someplace not warm, Alaska is a place you kind of have to do in the summer, but it is stunningly pretty and has all kinds of quirky offbeat culture-- when my family went there, we flew into Vancouver, spent a few days there, and then took a cruise up the Inside Passage. I recommend doing that; it's a fun way to get vacation luxuries and there is no other way to visit Juneau (it has no roads into or out of it).
Southern California, especially San Francisco and LA, are also nice places.
For actual vacation planning stuff... guidebooks might be much maligned, but they actually do give useful information to get you started! Once you're actually there, look around and talk to locals; they usually have a better idea of what the overlooked interesting things are. And B&Bs are quieter than hotels, often cheaper, and usually provide breakfast. (That's all off the top of my head; I can ask my mother for more-- she's an absolute whiz at planning vacations on a budget.)