Travel & Hotspots

6 X WHY WE HAVE AN AFTER VACATION DIP

Goodbye mini-holiday, hello reality. After a week of chilling in Tuscany, wandering through cute streets, devouring gelatos, and doing wedding dances (check the diary here), this is again my first office day. And those first days always feel a bit ‘weird’. Coming back just sucks. And here's why:

1. Something about being broke

Nights out for dinner one after another, beach chair here, souvenir there, new bikini, renting a car, right there those super cool heels couldn't resist... If there's one thing I don't do while traveling, it's: ‘we're being frugal’. We're actually not that frugal at all. But now I'm living on water and bread for the next three weeks, you get it.

2. Something about having to get back to work immediately

Brussels, are you reading along? I advocate for a new vacation law where everyone is required to acclimatize at home for another week before work starts again. Wouldn't that be chill?

3. Something about nothing actually changing

Even if you've been traveling for half a year and you come back: your friends are still your friends, probably still go to the same lunch spot, your family too; it actually feels like time stood still while you feel like you've gained three years of life experience. Actually, you find it quite boring.

In a week, this grumpy smurf will probably be out of her dip again

4. Something about longing for vitamin D

Because here and there three days unbearable heat in the Netherlands (and then a thunderstorm like you wouldn't believe) we just barely have sun. If you're really unlucky, you even come home in the rain. Meh.

5. Something about an alarm clock

Huh, who, what, where? What is that annoying sound in the morning next to my ear? That's not a mosquito, is it? Can someone do something about it or something?

6. Something about putting on different clothes

That casual bikini look with a sheer tunic over it and flip-flops rocked there like no other, but here it feels a bit awkward. Such a shame.

P.S: in a week, this grumpy smurf will probably be out of her dip again. Or maybe even sooner, because on Thursday I get to watch the eyes of Dave Roelvink in Expedition Robinson. Oh and, the best way to tackle the after vacation dip is just to book another flight ticket right away. Which I just did. Did someone say something about the Dutch Antilles? I'm coming!