How To Be A Tourist

Samira Shrivastav
Sep 2, 2018 · 1 min read

It’s Labor Day weekend here in the US, and prime vacation time is quickly drawing to a close. But being home doesn’t mean the adventure — or the wonder — is over:

On the Mystic River

While spending a few days in Mystic last month, I took note of my fellow tourists and how they behaved. I realized they followed a few simple guidelines, and that their approach could just as easily be applied to time spent in your own home town as well as places far and wide:

  1. Be enthusiastically interested in everything there is to see and do — there’s nothing like it anywhere else in the world.
  2. Take lots of pictures — even if it means getting up in the middle of your entrée to do so.
  3. Eat lots of ice cream — the official fuel of tourists everywhere.
  4. Enjoy your companions — not just the people already with you, but also anyone else in your general vicinity. They’re out to have a nice time, too!

This post was originally published on The House Mouse. For more thoughts, sundries, and plenty of delicious recipes, please come on over for a visit!

Samira Shrivastav

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Writer, blogger, cake baker and tea drinker. Sometimes I eat the cake, too.

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