"When I think of a place to go for vacay Madison DOES NOT spring to mind, In fact Midwest is NOT on ANY of my list of places to go, and things to see. Maybe Chicago but definitely not Madison. \n\nSo why was I here? FAMILY! Yes family. The Bunny's family to be exact and now mine after uttering those two words of \"I do\" and forking over $50 to the State of California. Yes people this is what happens when you get married you have to SHARE your time between families so we were here visiting our family.\n\nNow Madison is not terrible. In fact it is pretty relaxing in terms of vacay spots. They have this badger which I believe is the mascot of the college there. Sorry but it looked like a rat having a bad hair day with a sweater on. Its everywhere, especially in the city and around the school.\n\nBeing from Socal we get snow all be it is located in the mountains and NOT at our door step, but here when it snows its everywhere. Not a bad thing you just need to be prepared and know how to navigate the roads with snow on them. I didn't do too bad. My wonderful sis-n-law let me use her car to go to yoga and I manage to get there with the help of GPS and get back. \n\nThat capital is here and is a neat thing to see being that we learned that in grade school. And the city around the capitol is also nice. The PEOPLE are AMAZING! SUPER WARM and FRIENDLY! Reminded me of the south without that oppressive feeling you get there. \n\nAnd in case you didn't know it WI is the cheese capitol of the US. In fact they have WON AWARDS. You'd think I know that being part rat and all. I mean its a cheese lovers paradise here and I certainly ate my weight in cheese while here.\n\nThe city is very laid back. I don't think I EVER heard one horn honky when I came It's QUIET. No one yelling or talking too loud, everyone going about there lives in a indoor voice kind of way. No pretentious people name dropping like you get in Socal and the prices are LOW compared to Socal.\n\nI actually love coming here because I know I am going to get a chance to relax and sleep which I don't do on vacay because I'm up running around. I can see why Bunny misses it. And lets not forget the get ALL the seasons. I mean most everyplace does have seasons but you can actually notice them. Like FALL is so beautiful and cool. You can see the changing of the leaves all over and smell the fall air, hear the crunch of the leaves under your feet. Winter is cold and I mean like meat locker cold with a side with ice fishing, sledding and a snowball fight. Spring is lovely and everything is in bloom unless there is some freak snow storm like about a month ago (6 inches in April). Summer is hot and muggy. You feel all sticky and in need of a bath. Not my FAV time of year to be here but again its family and we share our time or I will come out to visit my sis-n-law and because we get along so well.\n\nOver all I would say to come and visit here even if you don't have family in the area. Madison offers you a chance to just slow down from the hustle and bustle."^^ . . . . "4"^^ . "2018-05-10T00:00:00"^^ . "13"^^ . "10"^^ . "12"^^ .