What to do in the summer before starting as an IBD analyst?

I am currently a college senior with a full-time investment banking position lined up for when I graduate. I have around three months between graduating and beginning work and am not too sure what to get up to. I definitely don't want to work or intern during that time, but also don't want to go back home as I'm from the southern hemisphere so it would be freezing and all my family / friends would be working.

Ideas?

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