To me, a vacation well spent means logging off from work and freeing yourself from "productivity" (always takes me a day or two to slip into 'vacation mode.') When I travel somewhere new, I try to limit myself to one scheduled activity/one meal reservation a day. That way, serendipitous things can still happen, but I'm not overwhelmed by an empty day (surest way to give me anxiety about whether or not I'm "maximizing" my days off).
I love a good balanced mix of lounging (beach days, poolside hangs, etc.) and learning (LOVE a walking tour, tapas tour, "secret history" tour, etc.).
Also, a hotel room affogato sounds perfect!! Hotel room coffee or not, there are few beverages that aren't improved by ice cream in my opinion!
So nice of you to show what a vacation is for your kids- as a child of farmers we didn’t vacation anywhere and if we did it was only to visit relatives we could stay with so when I did eventually go on a real vacation (… which was actually visiting relatives and staying w them but in another continent) I felt like I had to do and see everything to make it worth it…
I feel like my parents crammed the days full of activities and then complained openly to us kids that it felt like we were just going from meal to meal and not enjoying anything. So no one had any fun. Then when we were older, vacations had to coincide with business so my dad could see the trip as worthwhile.
Hard to model what wasn't modeled to you!
Thanks for reading and sharing, lee. Always appreciate hearing bits and pieces of your backstory!
Being silly on vacation is what it's all about! Sounds like the kiddos had fun, hope they flipped into the pool plenty of times.
And I wish all the very best for poor wee Simone, get well little kitty cat 😿😽🐈⬛
Thank you, Daniel! We are giving her lots of extra snuggles. 😺
The kids made very generous use of the indoor pool. I think they will remember the trip fondly, even though it was so nearby.
To me, a vacation well spent means logging off from work and freeing yourself from "productivity" (always takes me a day or two to slip into 'vacation mode.') When I travel somewhere new, I try to limit myself to one scheduled activity/one meal reservation a day. That way, serendipitous things can still happen, but I'm not overwhelmed by an empty day (surest way to give me anxiety about whether or not I'm "maximizing" my days off).
I love a good balanced mix of lounging (beach days, poolside hangs, etc.) and learning (LOVE a walking tour, tapas tour, "secret history" tour, etc.).
Also, a hotel room affogato sounds perfect!! Hotel room coffee or not, there are few beverages that aren't improved by ice cream in my opinion!
Yes! That’s the way to do it. So hard to turn off that maximizing tendency though 😅
Tapas!!! All day, every day.
I will definitely try the hotel room affogato again…. I have a work trip next week, in fact 🤔
So nice of you to show what a vacation is for your kids- as a child of farmers we didn’t vacation anywhere and if we did it was only to visit relatives we could stay with so when I did eventually go on a real vacation (… which was actually visiting relatives and staying w them but in another continent) I felt like I had to do and see everything to make it worth it…
I feel like my parents crammed the days full of activities and then complained openly to us kids that it felt like we were just going from meal to meal and not enjoying anything. So no one had any fun. Then when we were older, vacations had to coincide with business so my dad could see the trip as worthwhile.
Hard to model what wasn't modeled to you!
Thanks for reading and sharing, lee. Always appreciate hearing bits and pieces of your backstory!
That vacation sounds wonderful. Novelty like that are the memories they'll keep.
Also, I want to paint that photo.
Please do paint it! Thanks for reading 🥰