When we're on vacation, all notions of being healthy tend to fly out the window. Dessert becomes common and I tend to drink more than is usual for me. (Partly, the up-tick in booze consumption is because any time we take on-the-road vacations we visit breweries and distilleries -- a known hazard for the wife of a barkeep). After about three days, I'm longing for a salad and force my husband to take me someplace with good vegetarian options.
I also tend to drink more coffee on vacation than I normally would. I blame this entirely on spending days with my husband, who is a caffeine addict. Sadly, I also end up drinking not enough water. When we get snappy at one another and have headaches, it finally dawns on us that we're dehydrated and we take steps to remedy it.
We do also try to eat regionally when we're on the road. This is a special treat in shellfish regions (New Orleans will always be Oyster City to me) and the deep south (good collards are seriously, seriously good).
And, as others have mentioned, vacation means restaurants and lots of them. Although we do stay away from fast food. Truthfully, meals are our biggest vacation expense.
Re: Food.
I also tend to drink more coffee on vacation than I normally would. I blame this entirely on spending days with my husband, who is a caffeine addict. Sadly, I also end up drinking not enough water. When we get snappy at one another and have headaches, it finally dawns on us that we're dehydrated and we take steps to remedy it.
We do also try to eat regionally when we're on the road. This is a special treat in shellfish regions (New Orleans will always be Oyster City to me) and the deep south (good collards are seriously, seriously good).
And, as others have mentioned, vacation means restaurants and lots of them. Although we do stay away from fast food. Truthfully, meals are our biggest vacation expense.