Kudos! If your experience has been like most attorneys, it’s been a roller-coaster ride, alternating between exhilarating and intense. Right about now, you’re probably ready to start thinking about some R ‘n R. What’s your pleasure? We’ve scouted some websites and came up with some enticing travel opportunities. See what you think …
Sail to Adventure
http://www.sailingshipadventures.com/
Welcome aboard, mate, to a barefoot cruise where informality rules! Just bring a T-shirt, shorts and your spirit of adventure. You’ll sail the Caribbean aboard a windjammer, visiting exciting ports of call – a world apart from the demands of the office.
Barefoot Cruises
http://www.cruiseaway.com.au/ships/barefoot-cruises/
If Australia is more your style, pick a barefoot cruise to the Whitsundays Islands in the heart of the Great Barrier Reef and experience the magnificence of coral reefs, tropical rain forests and pristine beaches. This is living!
Paint in Provence
http://www.artinprovence.com/jill/workshops.php
If your tastes lean to the artistic and idyllic, follow in the footsteps of Van Gogh, Cezanne and Matisse to Provence for a painting workshop. Stay in a fabulous chateau. You’ll learn to paint (students of all levels are welcome) and have several days to explore the glorious countryside.
Live the Italian Life
http://www.italian-connection.com/
Enough of the city! Stay on your own in a charming Tuscan country home. Or, join a small group for walking tours of the area and lovely accommodations at local inns. Tuscan cooking classes are also offered for those with a culinary flair.
Build a Global Village
For a vacation that’s both personally and culturally rewarding, join one of Habitat for Humanity International’s Global Village trips. They provide you with the unique opportunity to explore a new land and come to know the culture as you work with members of the host community building a home. Habitat offers you a variety of trips abroad or closer to home.
Image Credit (Barefoot Cruises): Whitsunday Island, by Ester Inbar, available from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ST