June boredom and a low-cost getaway to Spain's Sierra Calderona
On 1 June, boredom kicks in, but the Sierra Calderona near Valencia offers a low-cost escape that won't wreck your wallet. A real alternative to expensive city leisure.
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Boredom that comes at a price: the low-cost escape to the Calderona
1 June, the first day of a month with no public holidays until August, triggers a sense of existential emptiness and, with it, a spike in leisure spending. Yet some people prove that being bored doesn't have to ruin your monthly budget.
While most people get swept along by the same homogeneous commercial offering —overhyped rooftop bars, clone shopping malls— an alternative is emerging in the Sierra Calderona, just a stone's throw from Valencia. A shared caldereta (a traditional meat stew) and a walk through the hills cost less than a coffee in any provincial capital. The trick is to switch off autopilot, the one that turns citizens into NPCs with no ability to choose.
The paradox of modern boredom is that, no matter how much you spend, the dissatisfaction doesn't go away. Perhaps the solution isn't to spend more, but to change the scenery. Even if that requires, precisely, stop being an NPC.
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1 June, the first day of a month with no public holidays until August, triggers a sense of existential emptiness and, with it, a spike in leisure spending. Yet some people prove that being bored doesn't have to ruin your monthly budget.
While most people get swept along by the same homogeneous commercial offering —overhyped rooftop bars, clone shopping malls— an alternative is emerging in the Sierra Calderona, just a stone's throw from Valencia. A shared caldereta (a traditional meat stew) and a walk through the hills cost less than a coffee in any provincial capital. The trick is to switch off autopilot, the one that turns citizens into NPCs with no ability to choose.
The paradox of modern boredom is that, no matter how much you spend, the dissatisfaction doesn't go away. Perhaps the solution isn't to spend more, but to change the scenery. Even if that requires, precisely, stop being an NPC.
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