for the first time in memory, we are cancelling a previously planned trip.
since we constantly feel as if we need to 'cram it in' with the kids - that is, travel with them while they still want to travel with us, it's painful! but jane is undergoing chemotherapy treatments through march, and that is mutually exclusive with touring during this time frame. so hong kong and tokyo will have to wait, which is a shame as we had great non-stop flights, amazing hotels, and superb restaurants booked for the splash out!
living in america, 'going' seems to be our highest priority ... not to rest, or relax, but to SEE. we feel compelled to expose the kids to new foods, foreign tongues, otherworldly vistas, and different cultures. the myopic view that characterizes their upbringing in this culture frightens us, and this is our way of counterbalancing that anxiety.
not to mention that we love to travel! and we do relax as a result of moving ... funky hotels, amazing languid meals, lots of coffee breaks, wine, and strolling through gardens. and more critically than all of this, we get family time together where we feel minimally glamorous - no dishpan hands, beds to make, groceries to shlepp, or work to attend to. we give it our all - looking smart and clean, rather polished actually!
so for our family to void a voyage is something new, unfamiliar, and most unwelcome! fear not, another booking lies just around the corner!
since we constantly feel as if we need to 'cram it in' with the kids - that is, travel with them while they still want to travel with us, it's painful! but jane is undergoing chemotherapy treatments through march, and that is mutually exclusive with touring during this time frame. so hong kong and tokyo will have to wait, which is a shame as we had great non-stop flights, amazing hotels, and superb restaurants booked for the splash out!
living in america, 'going' seems to be our highest priority ... not to rest, or relax, but to SEE. we feel compelled to expose the kids to new foods, foreign tongues, otherworldly vistas, and different cultures. the myopic view that characterizes their upbringing in this culture frightens us, and this is our way of counterbalancing that anxiety.
not to mention that we love to travel! and we do relax as a result of moving ... funky hotels, amazing languid meals, lots of coffee breaks, wine, and strolling through gardens. and more critically than all of this, we get family time together where we feel minimally glamorous - no dishpan hands, beds to make, groceries to shlepp, or work to attend to. we give it our all - looking smart and clean, rather polished actually!
so for our family to void a voyage is something new, unfamiliar, and most unwelcome! fear not, another booking lies just around the corner!
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