I love traveling…discovering new cities, cultures, people, architecture… sometimes I think travel is in my blood. I also love the thought of escaping to a cottage nestled in the heart of nature. So when it comes to a vacation home, there are two very different kinds of homes that set my pulse racing.
The first is a cottage by a lake. Imagine an arched gate covered with bougainvillea, a cobble stone path leading to a cottage that looks like it’s straight out of a fairy tale. Surrounded by trees and bursting with flowers, with a river (or even a lake) flowing nearby. A place where you can sit and listen to the chirping of the birds, the chirruping of insects and the tinkle of water. Where you can escape the hectic pace of modern life.
The rooms are airy, with huge french windows opening out to scenic natural beauty, with a lot of natural light that allows me to set up an easel in any room and paint whenever and wherever I like. A warm and inviting living area, filled with fresh flowers, with soft music wafting through the house. A shabby chic kitchen, one that invites friends in to sit down and have a hot mug of coffee over spirited conversations. What bliss!
My second vacation home is one on wheels – a gypsy caravan! {It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, considering that my online avatar is Modern Gypsy! ;)} Just look at these beauties – don’t you wish you had one of your own? If I had a house with a garden, I would definitely get one of these built in my back yard. But alas, I live in an apartment complex, and all I have is a balcony.
The charm of a caravan, of course, is that I could hitch it to the back of a station wagon and just hit the road when fancy strikes. No hotel reservations required! Being a gypsy caravan, the interiors wouldn’t be soothing and serene – they’d be colorful and eclectic, bright and completely over-the-top. Like this:
With a place like that to call your own, do you really need a fancy-shmancy hotel room? I think not!
But alas, these shall remain just dreams. India has no camping grounds, no concept of RVs, unless you want to go out into the jungle – and who knows just how safe that might be? Even a vacation cottage isn’t something that I see myself buying, because when it comes to vacations, I’d rather take the road less traveled.
But then you know what they say…you should never censor your dreams…
So, what’s your dream vacation home like?
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I am really liking your vacation cottage idea. That sounds like a little slice of heaven to me.
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Thanks for stopping by Jen! 🙂
Ohh That sounds like lots of fun! Even if it is all make believe.
It’s great fun to allow the imagination to run wild 🙂
These are all lovely – honestly I can’t decide. Though I am awfully attracted to that over the top gypsy wagon!
lol! Vacations are the perfect time to go OTT 😉
I have a painting of that cottage from Robert Kincaid for many years…..it’s my Enchanted Cottage. I absolutely love the Gypsy wagon…so interesting:)
It’s a beautiful, calming picture…I’m thinking of getting it printed and framed in my room 🙂
The cottage seems peaceful but the gypsy wagon seems like an adventure which is rather appealing!
hehe! doesn’t it now? 😉
My dream vacation home is in some little beach village on the east coast. Somewhere not yet tainted with tourists. Some where with a rustic, worn feel and within walking distance from the beach. I want a covered front porch and swing. Maybe some citrus trees in the backyard and elephant ears in the garden. Yup… that would do it.
Umm…sounds lovely! 🙂
We’ve been talking about trying to get away and rent a cottage for a weekend. Alas, it isn’t working out timing wise.
Oh no! I hope you can plan something soon. It’s such a bummer when you need a vacation but aren’t able to plan it out…
A gypsy caravan?! Cool! My dream vacation home would be a cozy beach bungalow!
Ah yes…the sun, sand and sea! 🙂
Those are great… but very different spectrums… for me, when it comes to vacation, any place but the city I am is enough for me…. =)
Your ideas are very interesting and I hope that you get to do it someday! Thanks for visiting my blog! I’m sorry I didn’t get back to you sooner — the commenting system I had installed wasn’t working, so I disabled it.
You have a lovely blog.
Thank you! 🙂
Such fun ideas!! I would have to lean towards the cottage myself, but I see your appeal to the gypsy caravan. You have such a cute blog!! I love your social media icons, so cute 🙂
Wow, cool, having this thing with my vacation for could be an unforgetable moment! awesome place, thumbs up!
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When it comes to hotel reservations, i always opt for hotel reservations offering lots of discount. Our local travel agency offers such great discount and i love it. ‘**;.
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