How much time do different countries deserve?

Tourists normally have a week or two at most to spend for holidays except for students and teachers who have summer vacations and retirees besides considering the budget. Each country has its own people, history, festivals, delicacies, and sites and sceneries to offer that cannot be enjoyed in just one short visit. Take for example a mountain resort, snow-covered in winter and full-bloom flowers in summer would be 6 months in between. Fruits harvested in abundance in their seasons would be missed when out-of-season. Whatever country, except places like the Sahara Desert or the North Pole where nothing much changes all-year round, I would like to stay for at least a year and go through one seasonal cycle, even get to learn to speak the local language.

if ever given a chance to go on vacation to a different country, i guess 15 days in each place is good. ann

It depends a lot more on how I feel than of the country, Maxine. Sometimes I get homesick, sometimes I´d like to stay forever. And diferent places appeal in a different way to each person. I think I could go many times for a long time to Ciudad de Mexico and, in fact, I have gone 3 times (the last one for over a month) and I haven´t got tired of it or found there´s nothing more to see. A wonderful city is like a good food: you can eat it many times and you don´t tire of it. I have gone 3 times (or is it 4?) to Frida Kahlo´s house in Coyoacán, Ciudad de Mexico. But it seems my eyes and my mind don´t get tired of looking at every detail. I could go on for a long time. It happened to me in Italy and in the South of Spain. A friend of my daughter told her that Ciudad de Mexico could be seen in a couple of days at the most. There was nothing to see. Fortunatly my daughter asked us before going. She took with her a list of "musts". None of them were malls Hug

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