National or perhaps it's better to say: country vacation traditions are apparently formed by the standards of the labor market. In Russia, for instance a teacher (not everyone, of course) can afford two months at once. Officials are not ashamed for a month missing anyway nobody notices. Creative professionals and other slackers are not to be considered - these do nothing but rest. On a mass scale two weeks vacation is the reality that average employed Russian regards to be happiness.
7 years ago
Both Austria and Switzerland (and some others) have plenty of snow resorts with names carrying: bad-, bain-, and even therme-. 