Travel & Hotspots
THE STRUGGLE: WHEN EVERYONE AROUND YOU IS ON VACATION AND YOU'RE NOT
This is for all the people who get grumpy from the non-stop stream of air mattress and beach photos on Insta. For everyone who just bought a new house and doesn't have the money right now. For all the ‘soulful’ ones who have to keep working. The stay-at-homes.
I understand you.
Everyone, and I mean really EVERYONE on my Facebook timeline is currently lounging with their butt in the chilling in the sun. And I get it. My love and I are usually gone from this part of the world around this time too. Our rule? At least two weeks in the sun. And preferably a bit far away so we don't run into acquaintances. About four books go in the suitcase. The phone stays on airplane mode as long as possible during the day.
We drink white wine and cocktails. We get drunk one evening. Get a massage on the beach. Eat everything that’s available and by the end of the vacation, I scream that I’ve gained three kilos gained. When we go back home, we plan it so that we can still have at least two days together at home to unwind before normal work life starts again. We look back at the photos, tanned as can be, and hand out silly souvenirs to our loved ones.
But this year my love and I decided to go in November. And suddenly my brain starts to realize that it’s only early August and that we still have to wait for another THREE months. A quarter of a year. Just no real summer this summer.
And then came the relieving invitation from my cousin. She’s getting married in a beautiful castle in Italy in September. If I would like to come to Tuscany with my boy and family. In principle for three days, but if we felt like it, we could of course add another four days so we would be away for a week. Did I hear vacation? Suddenly I see possibilities, my friends. Like a mantra, I repeat in my head: thirty more days, thirty more days, still… TUSCAN WEDDING, ABSO-F*CKING-LUTELY HERE WE COME!
