_gabriel_

Vacation time again soon(ish) - and sometimes I'm really wondering if I should just spent it differently - the basic concept why we (usually) even get vacation is to "relax" from stressfull work.

I pretty much always use it to fly back home to Germany to visit my baby sister, parents and friends - which again means beeing on the road a lot and having,,, you could call it appointments ,,,as people just dont always have time. Not to give an wrong impression I really enjoy all of it - but the whole "relaxing" part simply does not happen an awful lot that way. Usually February is is the first time a year this happens as there are two birthdays within family and friends that can be covered within a week that way. February in Germany that time arround generally also means icy roads, its snowing/raining all the time and cold.

Thats when you start to wonder if maybe that time might just be better spent somewhere at sandy beaches oceans on some Carribean island with swimming and some good books.

Or maybe all my friends should simply coordinate their vacation to perfectly fit mine and go there as well.

Oh well ...back to Ireland where seasons do not matter ... it always rains...