Most of us have dreamed of jetting off to a fabulous, exotic locale for an unforgettable vacation. Wherever your heart leads you, here are some of the top dream vacation places:
- Fiji. Hollywood has had a love affair with Fiji’s natural beauty since 1932, when Edward Sutherland used its cinematic landscape as the setting for his film “Mr. Robinson Crusoe.”
- A Cruise through the Mediterranean. Whether it’s vistas of white-washed stucco villas or the taste of fresh fish pulled from an overly-salty sea, the draw of the Mediterranean has attracted luxury travelers for generations.
- South Africa. Even Teddy Roosevelt dreamed of, and eventually took, an African safari. In 1915, he wrote about “the strong attraction of the silent places, of the large tropic moons, and the splendor of the new stars.”
- Italy. Maybe it’s for the food, the wine, the people. Whatever these dreamers are looking for, it’s likely waiting for them in Europe’s little boot.
- Australia. From the sail-like cityscape of Sydney to the Great Barrier Reef and tropical climate of Cairns, Australia is a clear winner in the hearts of dream vacationers.
Try It
Lapping waves on a beach or the Laplands of Norway. Wherever your dream vacation lies, go there in your mind. Write a poem about your dream vacation place. Describe the scenery, the scents, and the sounds. What is it about this place that makes your heart yearn to travel there?
Featured Poem
Thanks to everyone who participated in last week’s poetry prompt. Here is a poem from Donna we enjoyed:
I didn’t really think that far ahead.
My days were lived as they were what they seemed
Dissolving then, like fog upon the hill
And rolling into new ones, never dreamed.
But if those moments offered up the ghost
Of longing, to be mine before the grave,
One might say that I dreamed of heartfelt songs
Offered daily, offered strong, and free, and brave.
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Donna says
Thank you for featuring my poem, Heather!
I am looking forward to seeing where people’s dreams take them today. 😉
Andrew H says
Norse
I can see valleys of a far off land
Though now the waves between us lie-
A place of granite, scree and sand
Blessed by the over arching sky.
It bred fierce men who churned forth froth
From furrows ploughed by oar;
Plied waters with a fearsome wroth
So common in their heathen lore.
And now, so soft, so shy, we modern men
Invade their native lands. And here
We see the lines of nature, like a pen
That writes of water on the weir.
And how we flush to think of them
Who stood where we now stand
And how they’d frown at us, our silly
Phones arrayed, like us, in a thin band.
But the mountains look down, indifferent
To them as well as us. They take our breath
In streams of cloud, and use it in their folds
To make the silver-sewn and gleaming mists.
At last, we are as one in admiration of the green
That sweeps into a grey-faced frown,
Of lakes below with boats, and all the fogs
That billow on the heights as solid as a crown.
Donna says
Andrew… this is such a cool line:
We see the lines of nature, like a pen
That writes of water on the weir.
I really enjoyed your poem!
Andrew H says
Thank you! That line was troublesome, actually, but I’m glad it came out alright.