Why I am looking forward to this trip

Just eight more nights to sleep. Just eight nights and then we are going on the – now legendary – group trip with Family Amayzine. Last year we were in Greece, this year Turkey is on the agenda. If it were up to May and Danielle, we would (we won't settle for less) go to the best, most luxurious, and finest resort ever, Hillside Beach Club. And yes, they have both already been on vacation there, so you can bet that we will be jumping around like a couple of hyperactive alpacas.

Well, where the heart is full, the mouth overflows. That's why we need to head that way.

1. The Sanda Nature Spa

According to May and Daan, it’s an experience we need to have ourselves. ‘It’s hard to explain, Kiek. You have to FEEL it.’ Guess who has a diiiiiick massage booked there. Right: all of us. What a time to be alive.

2. The peace on the beach

I don’t know who came up with the concept of ‘Silence Beach’ (where kids are, eh, not allowed), but I and that person could be friends. Sorry, sorry. Oh, and in the evening you can also watch movies on the beach.

3. The handsome diving instructors

So I've heard, huh.

4. The study from Harvard

Wokeeeee, wait a minute. Hillside Beach Club is apparently so successful that Harvard has conducted a study on the extremely high return rate. The ‘recidivism’ of guests is nowhere in the world as high as there. Or as May puts it nicely: visiting the hotel is apparently just like eating cashew nuts; it’s scientifically proven that it’s impossible to stop at just one.

5. They have Whispering Angel rosé

Well, the name says it all: this pink angel wants to make you taste it.

6. It’s true: your sunglasses will be cleaned

And you might find all this quite decadent and exaggerated, but a person on vacation knows: nothing is exaggerated. Not even that there are hairpins in your hotel room.

7. The swimsuit dryer

Yes, apparently that exists on the beach. Have you ever heard of that? A SWIMSUIT DRYER. How brilliant is that?! Oh, and the beach mattresses are said to be the thickest ever.

8. For the workhorses among us

Who still manage to work a bit from Turkey: don’t worry, there are plenty of charging points for your phones and iPads at the bar. Where we are definitely not going to get close, you hear me, colleagues?

Goodness, I am so looking forward to this. Is it already April 16?

Oh, come on.

Please?