My family goes down the shore for a week every year, which is a really fun time.
but it's not my favorite.
My favorite place to vacation - or be - is New York City. I LOVE the rush of everything and all the different people. There are some not-so-great things about it, of course, but IMO the good far outweigh the bad and whenever I get to spend some time there I'm happy.
and my *dream* vacation (that my mom and I are planning on taking after I graduate from college) is to Ireland. We want to go and stay there for a month.