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Saturday, 4 August 2007 03:56 pm
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At long last, I’m telling you of the vacation from which returned two Wednesdays ago. One reason I put it off this long is that I didn’t come back with the same enthusiasm as I did from Italy. Indeed, with the many long waits (especially compared to DC), travels, and struggles with translation, perhaps the best thing I got out of it besides time off from the usual was an extension of patience.
My dad’s patience was tested most of all, partly because he was the only family member who drove during the trip. When he and my mom disagreed, I was usually on his side intellectually, but his temper worried me. Even back at the DC airport, his voice hit an unusually high note and volume as he reiterated something plus a profanity to Mom. A passerby with a slight foreign accent said, “Whew, what a vocabulary!” If I weren’t present at the time, I might have laughed at this.
The trip was not without its pleasures to make it worthwhile, but I think the next time I go on vacation, I’ll go without the rest of my family, both to avoid the stress of too much time together and to set my own itinerary.
I didn’t tell you guys adequately where I’d go. Yes, it started and ended with Barcelona, but in between, there were Figueres (also in Catalonia), somewhere near Carcassonne, and Arles (both in France). ( My observations: )
My dad’s patience was tested most of all, partly because he was the only family member who drove during the trip. When he and my mom disagreed, I was usually on his side intellectually, but his temper worried me. Even back at the DC airport, his voice hit an unusually high note and volume as he reiterated something plus a profanity to Mom. A passerby with a slight foreign accent said, “Whew, what a vocabulary!” If I weren’t present at the time, I might have laughed at this.
The trip was not without its pleasures to make it worthwhile, but I think the next time I go on vacation, I’ll go without the rest of my family, both to avoid the stress of too much time together and to set my own itinerary.
I didn’t tell you guys adequately where I’d go. Yes, it started and ended with Barcelona, but in between, there were Figueres (also in Catalonia), somewhere near Carcassonne, and Arles (both in France). ( My observations: )