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Real vacations | |
2018.05.22 10:57:11 CEST | |
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Last week my family and I had vacations in Lisbon, Portugal. It wa | |
our first time in Portugal and we had a great time. In retrospect, | |
think this was my first "real" vacations in some time. | |
In my mind, when one becomes a parent and wishes to be a good pare | |
then the children become the focus of attention. During our previo | |
vacations, I was concentrated so much on them and trying to adjust | |
our routine during the vacation to match our routine at home - to | |
minimize their adjustment and hopefully the side-effects of changi | |
young children's routines. | |
This time, however, both boys are getting old enough so we don't | |
have to change much. We also learned how to plan our daily vacatio | |
schedule better - actually we did a great job planning our whole | |
vacation, using Airbnb instead of hotels (which allows for a more | |
"family" feel), using public transport and Uber instead of renting | |
a car and doing research about activities and restaurants. Instead | |
of focusing so much on these things I actually got to enjoy our ti | |
with the family. | |
I come back to work this week and I'm feeling refreshed. We did a | |
lot last week, visited museums, zoo, parks, walked and explored | |
around, but I'm not tired at all. Actually, now I'm looking forwar | |
to our next trip in two weeks. |