Speaking of that, the ideal vacation as in "I make a trip as a tourist" should be:
- Pre-vacation vacation: you chill out to avoid to leave immediately after the last working day
- Dress rehersal of a vacation: you go where you want to go, especially if it's a place you never saw, and learn what's what (main sights, better restaurants, how to walk around etc...)
- Actual vacation: you enjoy the city or the place you just explored with the added benefit and knowledge of actuallly knowing where you are
- Post-vacation vacation: you chill out again to avoid to come back to work just as soon as you returned home.