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(05-21-2013 09:26 AM)presidentcarter Wrote:  

I really don't see how people take all this time off unless they're students or self-employed. I know it's a European thing to take a lot off in the summer, but for Americans what's going on here?

In my four years of working I've never taken a full week off except twice over Christmas (most acceptable time to do so).

In my industry, two full weeks is hard to swing, a month off and you won't be welcomed back.

Exactly why u need to get the hell out of the US in my humble opinion. The work culture there is just too much esp in the NE. Why burn yourself out to 'retire at 65' if you'll be dead due to stress and lack of time off by then anyway? Guys living in low income areas/ghettos on welfare seem to have a better quality of life than many of the working stiffs out there who make relatively little money and get no time off.

RE summer plans, thinking the following:

Minsk
St. Petersburg
Barcelona (maybe)
Paris, London & Vienna (work trips where I can probably spend the weekend)

Gandt hit me up if you come to Moscow. I'd avoid Sochi now as there's a ton of Olympic construction going on that's apparently screwing up things for visitiors. Plus it's incredibly expensive from what I keep hearing, so you'll be battling minigarchs down there while enjoying your $25 mojitos at xyz bar.

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A week in Beirut in mid-August. Weekend trips to Bonn, Koln, Nuremberg, Salzburg and possibly Ljubljana & Brno. So yes, a largely central european summer.