Long Distance Love: What to do when you visit them
During the big holiday times of the
year — think the winter holiday season
or birthdays — either you or your
significant other (depending on who
it is that lives out of town) probably
comes home. As I've mentioned
before, this can be both blissful and
stressful.
For most of the year, what will probably happen is that one of you will do some travelling in order to visit. Travel can be stressful at the best of times and having only a limited time to spend with your partner can make the trip exponentially more tense.
Here are some tips that I hope will help you have a fun, relaxing visit with that special someone:
- Plan to do something special. If your partner lives in a big city like Montréal, Toronto or Vancouver, then you've got endless possibilities; visit a historical site, a museum, a park or anything that both of you are into. The key here is to make the best of the time that you have in that city. I, for instance, do a lot of travelling to a small town just outside of Montréal to visit my husband, so each weekend I go up, we do something different that is unique to Montréal (Notre Dame Basilica, smoked meat sandwiches, etc.).
- Plan to do nothing at all. This may seem to contradict my previous tip, but your visits will be much more enjoyable if you can do both. Don't pack your visit full of tourist-y things to do or places to run around to. You should instead make sure to set aside some time during your visit to just sit around, relax and simply enjoy each other's company. If you're missing out on a great quantity of time with your partner while you're apart, then make up for it with quality time during your visits.
- Make the travelling enjoyable. If you must spend a good deal of time travelling in order to see your significant other (think an eight-hour drive to Montréal, or a flight across the country), you will quickly grow to resent the time spent traveling if you can't make it enjoyable for yourself. Trust me — I've been there. Load up your iPod, bring a book (if you're one of the lucky ones who can read on a bus or a train without getting sick) or buy some new CDs for the car. If you're a real bookworm, consider buying an audio book to play either in your car or on your MP3 player.
I hope that these tips will help you make that special visit even more special for you!
For most of the year, what will probably happen is that one of you will do some travelling in order to visit. Travel can be stressful at the best of times and having only a limited time to spend with your partner can make the trip exponentially more tense.
Here are some tips that I hope will help you have a fun, relaxing visit with that special someone:
- Plan to do something special. If your partner lives in a big city like Montréal, Toronto or Vancouver, then you've got endless possibilities; visit a historical site, a museum, a park or anything that both of you are into. The key here is to make the best of the time that you have in that city. I, for instance, do a lot of travelling to a small town just outside of Montréal to visit my husband, so each weekend I go up, we do something different that is unique to Montréal (Notre Dame Basilica, smoked meat sandwiches, etc.).
- Plan to do nothing at all. This may seem to contradict my previous tip, but your visits will be much more enjoyable if you can do both. Don't pack your visit full of tourist-y things to do or places to run around to. You should instead make sure to set aside some time during your visit to just sit around, relax and simply enjoy each other's company. If you're missing out on a great quantity of time with your partner while you're apart, then make up for it with quality time during your visits.
- Make the travelling enjoyable. If you must spend a good deal of time travelling in order to see your significant other (think an eight-hour drive to Montréal, or a flight across the country), you will quickly grow to resent the time spent traveling if you can't make it enjoyable for yourself. Trust me — I've been there. Load up your iPod, bring a book (if you're one of the lucky ones who can read on a bus or a train without getting sick) or buy some new CDs for the car. If you're a real bookworm, consider buying an audio book to play either in your car or on your MP3 player.
I hope that these tips will help you make that special visit even more special for you!
