Some people fly and/or ride the train to far off and exotic destinations. Others stay home and have a staycation. What other options are available for the tightwad who wants to experience new locations without spending money? I’ll call it googcation: or using google for a vacation.
When researching our next place to live, I emailed arduous, sfordinarygirl and m for a list of their favorite neighborhoods. And they gave me a HUGE list of neigborhoods to check out. And so it was time to go on my googcation.
One of google’s features is their "street view" and in order to get a vague idea of what a neighborhood was like, I would "walk" around and try to experience this new place as best as I could sitting thousands of miles away in front of a computer screen. So below are some pictures from my most recent googcation.
Now all you need to do is photo shop yourself into those pics and you’re good to go!!
Comment by arduous — July 24, 2008 @ 12:17 pm
Don’t forget to spray yourself with the right scent
The unique smell of a particular place is a part of the experience. I love landing in different countries. Every one of them smells differently.
Comment by CindyW — July 24, 2008 @ 2:19 pm
arduous: I don’t have photoshop so I gimpified my picture on there.
CindyW: South Philly has the scents of a million places with all its various ethnic groups that live and cook here. So I think I have the scent part fairly well. Too bad you can’t smell it.
Comment by Beany — July 25, 2008 @ 10:16 am
Ahahahahahaha! That’s awesome. You crack me up.
Comment by arduous — July 26, 2008 @ 11:44 am