Welcome to Travel Tuesday!
Since I am currently gallivanting around Austria (@amygreatworld on Instagram to follow along! This country is gorgeous), I don’t have a long post for you today, but I wanted to hop on to take part in this month’s prompt!
This month’s themed prompt is cities vs. country. Which do you prefer, and why?
**Note: the link-up for this prompt will be good for this week and next week if you’d like to link up later!
In answer to whether I prefer city vs. country, well, I would have to say neither, or both, depending on my mood. However, I usually love to find little, somewhat off-the-beaten path towns in whichever country I happen to be in.
I like the combination of small towns–you aren’t completely isolating yourself from people (and people are generally friendlier) but it’s easy to escape crowds, or even to walk back into the hills/forest/etc and be absolutely alone for a little while. I find small towns easier to navigate, as public transportation and traffic both stress me out. I prefer to wander around and experience the town, instead of sprinting from stop to stop. I have an entire series, Imagine If I Lived Here, that is mostly (albeit accidentally) dedicated to all of the small towns I would love to live in.
The longer I live in Prague, the more I grow to appreciate city living (and enjoy it)–but I also am realizing how much I love small towns, and always will.
Part of it is because I grew up in a true small town, Bozeman, Montana…
I fell in love with Dingle, Ireland during a quick visit to the country (and still dream of living there)…
I worked at a ranch near Ennis, Montana, and experienced true ranch country in the Madison Valley, including the beautiful (and tiny!) Henry’s Lake, Idaho…
I pretended to surf in the tiny, friendly town of Huanchaco, Peru…
We road-tripped to Orcas Island and I discovered a whole new type of small town–a small town on an island…
I reveled in the tiny beach towns of Thailand…
and the equally tiny but mountainous Sa Pa, Vietnam…
I found a small mountain town in Colorado, somehow isolated from the crowds of Denver and the hordes of skiers, called Idaho Springs…
We found some quiet canals in the pretty little town of Bruges…
Along with the incredible beaches of Oregon, I enjoyed (and maybe will someday live in!) one of the many small-town gems scattered along the coast…
I went rafting and found a charming town, then true silence, immediately followed by wild Czech river rafters, in Český Krumlov…
I tasted wine the adorable wineries of the Napa Valley, California, and couldn’t believe the charm…
And in Czech wine country, Valtice, I walked from one end of the town to the other in an hour after sampling some of the region’s best wine…
I discovered (and now adore) small-town, charming Germany in Rothenburg ob der Tauber…
and, most recently, fell absolutely head-over-heels with the incomparable Hallstatt, Austria (where I am now!).
It’s no surprise that I love small towns after this list…and I had to contain myself from adding many more! So, I encourage you, if you are a city-lover or someone who only escapes to the great outdoors, give small towns a chance. They can offer the best of both worlds.
Do you prefer big cities, country breaks, or small towns?
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