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I felt even more like I was getting a raw deal when I realized the Germans and French were largely taking the entire month of August off.
It feels unreal for me to know that some countries have not even 3 weeks of holidays. How can you relax and stop thinking about your job? People aren't exhausted?
People are exhausted, too exhausted to put up a fight for change
They what? Why didn't any of my fellow Germans tell me?
Most jobs, at least the better paying ones, include 6 weeks of vacation. However, you can use them all at once.
I never take august because of this. EVERYONE and their mothers take august so everything is crowded and extremely overpriced.
I prefer getting some time in september and then spread the rest of my days the rest of the year.
How to know that somebody has no children without telling you
Have you ever heard of countries where kids go back to school after september 10th? I grew up in one of those countries, we started school normally on september 13th or later.
I usually take a couple of weeks in June, but with Global Warming getting on, this year I took them in May... It was great, we took the road and didn't even reserve anything in advance, just found an hotel the day before we reached a location.
Best to spend vacation in April and October. You want 6 months(or less) between your vacations to not hate your job. Summer is already good, winter also has it's charms and you don't want to contrast to much. But it's not the season in my favourite resort! Well it's a bad resort, go to Asia, spend a bit more on the tickets, much less on the ground, enjoy foreign culture. Doesn't work for Asians though.
Germans and French vacations are a lot more spread out than this.
In Italy instead it's pretty much mandatory to take vacations in August, as whole industry sectors close down for 2-3 weeks. Factories go on a hiatus beginning from the second week of August to the start of the fourth week, or the end of the month.
Sometimes it's surreal when you stay home in August and the whole city is deserted, no one to be seen, no traffic, no noise, just scorching heat. At least in the North, in the south it's the exact opposite, with everyone going to the sea and the population doubling overnight at the start of August.
June and July instead are pretty much taken by the Germans, especially around the lakes of the North.
It's December for me...