I went to Florence and Rome over the holidays this year.  People were very excited for me, as good friends ought to be, but immediately I found myself exhausted by everyone asking me if I was excited and TELLING me how much fun I would have, as if staying home to watch all of the West Wing and try every Thai delivery place within 5 miles wouldn’t have been equally as exciting.  You HAVE to go to this gelato/pizza/pasta place.  You HAVE to!  Pretty sure I don’t have to do a goddamn thing it’s my vacation and I will sit and complain about the bad Wifi in my hotel room ALL WEEK LONG if I want to!  I also travel a lot for work so the mix of work travel and pleasure travel has led me to a few conclusions about how I function when traveling.