Do some socializing at the beginning of the week -- if you're traveling with a companion, make some new friends for the two of you, and if you're solo seek out some fellow voyagers. Your perspective and your funny stories are worth sharing. By Thursday and Friday, your horizons are expanding in all the directions you'd hoped; you can make a connection now that will last long after your return home. If the expansion suddenly stops on the weekend, take care of the little details and look at it as a temporary interlude.