Only one
month left before the winter break and like
every year many of us have the same dilemma – a hot or
cold winter holiday spots?
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A few words about Warm Countries
For
people who like summer an opportunity to spend a few days in the middle of Polish
winter on a warm,
sunny beach is very tempting, because warm climates allow us to heat our body
for the rest of winter. The most popular directions are: Egypt, Madeira, Cyprus, Thailand, Tenerife,
Hierro (the smallest of the Canary Islands), Goa India, Israel, Morocco,
Tunisia and Turkey. There are two ways to get to warm countries. First, purchase a trip in a travel office, second purchase a flight ticket and
look for hotels on your own. Holidays via travel
office are safer and sometimes cheaper than going on your own. For example you
can fly to Cyprus for 8 days for 1000 zł (between January
and March). You can also buy a trip to Zanzibar and stay in 5* hotel for 26 000 zł for 15 days ;) of
course every price is for one person.
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Now,
when we know the prices we should think why we
would like to lose the possibility to ski and
snowboard for the benefit of a days of lying
and frying on a sunny beach? We should ask ourselves a few questions, for example this:
1) Do I
like summer and temperatures above 30 degrees?
2) Do I
like summer more than winter?
3) What
do I think about flying by plane?
4) Do I
have appropriate swimsuits?
A few words about winter break in the mountains
Who of
us doesn't like the snow? Nobody I think (I mean snow in
the countryside). Many of us, people from Central-Eastern Europe are just waiting for a winter
break to have the opportunity to ski and
snowboard. Why is it so exciting and many of us
do it
every year? The answer is simple, because skiing and snowboarding provides us with fresh air, activity, bright conditions and many
more. Thanks to it we are happier and we have new power
to life. What about the costs? We have our own mountains in the South, but there
are not so many ski pistas and the prices are
really high, so a better idea is to choose the Alps in Italy, Switzerland or Austria. An average price of a 10
day trip to Switzerland is about 1500 zł per person (included: skipass, coach,
accommodation and insurance). So as we see, the prices are very close to the prices of trips to warm countries.
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Now,
when we know the prices and destinations of our winter trips, we should ask ourselves a few questions, for example:
1) Do I
like winter and temperatures below 0 degrees?
2) Do I
like winter more than summer?
3) What
do I think about traveling by bus?
4) Do I
have appropriate ski clothes?
5) Do I
have snowboard/ski equipment in the right
condition?
6) Do I
have RECCO in my ski jacket? (in case of snow avalanche)
Summarizing,
we can spend a winter break in two ways
(practically in three, adding lying on the couch and watching TV) in a hot and sunny country or in the
mountains. I prefer warm countries so if I only have time I try to fly
for a few days to warm beach, but I also like snowboarding so sometimes I
choose the mountains.
Questions:
1) What
do you prefer, a hot or cold winter holiday spots?
2) Have
you ever tried skiing or snowboarding?
3) Have
you ever been in warm countries when in Poland there was
winter?
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