I get the week following Christmas as vacation.
vixyish will be out of town during that period. It strikes me that I should do something interesting instead of just sitting around the house. Vacation time is one of my most limited commodities, after all. I like the idea of doing something... nonstandard, but I'm having trouble coming up with ideas. A week isn't actually all that long, nor is the dead of winter timing helpful. (And, yes, the southern hemisphere sounds great, but I probably can't afford that.) Turns out polar bear season in Churchill ends in November. Ideas, folks?
Winter Vacation
Re: Winter Vacation
There are also several winter-only roads made of ice which are amusing at least in concept.
A week is sadly not long enough to do any of the our-winter/their-summer Antarctica things, I don't think. But I could be wrong.
I wonder if you can hike the Panama Canal? Of course, that really requires more time than a week, even if you're up for the 10 miles/day I was thinking. It'd be cool to start at one ocean and make it to another on foot.