As long as there are no kids, LOL.

DH and I are happy anywhere, as long as we don't get interrupted by dogs or kids. :-)

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No kid, no house, and a big bed...I'm good! ;)

Perfect drink...hmmm...I'd have to go with a chai latte. I'm easy to please!

ETA - no house to take care of, I mean - yeesh - a big bed without a house around it is either exhibitionist or a Blaze in the making! ;)

So now you're back for good, right? Ha! That was our evil plan all along... ;)

But of your choices, I have to say the beach vacation and the biking vacation appeal to me most -- I don't think you can ever lose with a beach vacation. Beaches are just automatically the most romantic places for me.

One of my favorite things that we've done on our getaways is getting drinks from the hotel or beach bar, and heading down to sit by the water with our rum runners or similar beach drinks. Sometimes we're all alone (yummers) and sometimes other people are around, and that's fun, too -- one time, we sat and watched a game of glow in the dark volley-ball -- all of the people and the ball were painted with black light paint, and they only had black lights (so it was really still pretty dark) -- lots of fun.

Glad to have you here and the book looks great!

Sam

Tough choice. A secluded cabin with a hot tub overlooking a meadow of wildflowers? A secluded beach villa? To drink? Ice cold sweet tea.

I love the cabin in the woods in winter getaway. Go out for snowshoeing, snow ball fight, and fresh air and then back to the cabin where dh starts a roaring fire and I make hot cocoa with marshmallows to sip on sitting in front of the fire.

No kids, no dogs, no meals to prepare, no house to clean or beds to make or laundry to do

Yep, that's the perfect romantic get-away.

Adore being an empty-nester and occasionally con my niece into babysitting the dogs so we don't need to mess with them either.

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The most romantic getaway I ever had was:

I came in the door on Friday night and there was no light on in the kitchen. At the time, my husband cooked M-F. He greeted me and said that The Child was spending the night with a friend and did I want to go out for dinner. Since our anniversary was the following day, I figured we'd just celebrate early since we'd be childless. Of course I said yes!

He directed me to the bedroom so I could change clothes. On our bed was a suitcase partially filled. He wouldn't tell me WHERE we were going but that we were going away overnight. He suggested I wear a dress but bring casual clothes for the next day.

So I put on a dress, finished packing the suitcase and off we went!

He took me to a favourite town about 45 mins away from us. It's got a real Victorian feel about it and is very artsy-craftsy. We went to dinner at one of our favourite places and they had a guitar/piano duo playing near our table which was really nice.

Then he took us to where we were staying. It's called a Castle, although its really just a big manor house (added on to). However, they filmed part of The Fabulous Baker Boys there.

The next day, he took me another 30 mins away to a place we love going for breakfast. Then we headed back to the town where we'd spent the night because they were hosting a bead show.

We puttered away the afternoon, bought some fun things for dinner at the farmers market, some handmade dark chocolate, etc.

By the time we got back home, just in time for dinner with The Child, I felt as if I'd been gone a week instead of just about 24 hours.

It was especially wonderful because he'd made all the arrangements himself, including asking our friends to keep The Child.

Favourite thing to drink? Probably champagne would have been appropriate but they didn't serve it. I did have some special tea for breakfast that morning, if that counts.

ani

No kids, no cooking/cleaning... just a gorgeous room, yummy food, and time to enjoy being with each other!

The perfect drink? I'm a sucker for those fruity drinks with umbrellas--they just bring to mind vacation, and I think part of enjoying the time is getting into that vacation mind-set :)

Sun, sand, and surf, on Maui. What better to drink than a Blue Hawaii?

So great to see you back at Cigars! As for my choice of a romantic getaway, I'd have to go with touring Italy. It's a gorgeous country with such rich history...and if I managed to snag my own Italian hunk while I was touring and sipping vino, so be it. ;)

Hope to see you here again soon! And it's almost time for Going Down Hard...yay!

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Hi Tawny,
I would love to hang out at a Tahitian resort and spend the day sipping mango margaritas, getting a massage and eating exotic cuisine.

BEACH!!!!! Nothing to me like warmth and sea and sand and sun.

Unfortunately, I married a Russian historian, and we always end up in eastern Europe...not that it's not lovely, but in my next life, I'm marrying a French historian. Or maybe, a Carribbean one....(Yes, they do exist...)

How unromantic would it be if I said my perfect romantic getaway right now would be for me, myself, and I? I can't seem to turn around without something else getting shoved in my face with something else to do. Today was my last class - ever, really, yet I don't have any sense of relief. A friend told me I need to go away somewhere with no technology and where there is no way for ANYONE to reach me. Truth.

So - I'd like to go to the Mediterranean, in some private villa. Or a beach. In the middle of nowhere. I'm not a single drink kind of girl - I'm pretty adventurous, actually - though I like the girly fruity ones.

:P If I had a SO right now though, I guess I could bring him along :P

i have to say a spa now massage an d the fully treatment, facial and peaceful muscic no distratctions of the outside world lol. i need a diaquri with liquer lol.

cognrats on your books

I NEED to go there before I die. I think it would be a wonderfully romantic, relaxing, as well as take-you-back-to-simpler-times vacation. Of course I'd have to try a glass of each local winery, some uzo or the local palette cleanser and the coffee. It would not be fair not to try all of the local fair. :D I love taking in the local culture, strolling, sitting in cafe's, talking to the locals. Finding people from your own State or even town when you are a world away.

DH and I recently treated ourselves to an early 20 year anniversary this past March. We didn't go to anywhere you'd think was romantic. But...the room with the ocean view, sound of the waves, gorgeous sun, shells, birds, and of course eating and drinking all made it just perfect for us. We needed to get away. This is only the second time we've been away from our family in almost 20 years. It was worth it. It wouldn't matter where, just get me outta this long winter up here at least once a year.

Thing is, dh hates to spend the money/take time off of work/family, but he was the first one to say, "We should do this every year." I, of course, had to agree.

Sometimes it doesn't get to it's destination. Just checking. No rush. I'm sure you are very busy, as am I. Toodles. Stay well.