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September 05, 2009
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Summer Vacation
This summer was the first in a long time that felt like a real break—fewer commitments, less stress, more relaxation. At first I attributed that to Veronika having started kindergarten and while that's definitely part of it, all of the things that have begun to ramp up already in September are reminding me that our lives are becoming increasingly tied to the school schedule. The upside of this, which I'm choosing to focus on, is that summer actually felt like summer and that was a nice change.
The centerpiece of our summer was our trip to Austria and Croatia, two weeks for me and four weeks for the rest of the family. The best and yet most boring thing I can say about it is that it was exactly what we had hoped it would be. The additional two weeks that Dinka and the kids were there provided much more time to spend with family and took the pressure off of our visits and our schedules. (Can you imagine spending a month on vacation at three and five years old? It must have felt like a year to them.) Plus we took a week-long vacation to the beach (Cres, Croatia) while we were already on vacation, which was filled with beautiful weather, salty water, tanned shoulders, great food and happy kids. We couldn't have asked for anything more.
Hopefully our pictures will provide the best sense of what the trip was like and, like this warm Labor Day weekend, give you one last chance to feel the warmth of the summer before we head into fall. The vacation pictures on the kids start here and my album is here:
Plus a couple of bonus panoramas for a more immersive experience:
Sunset on the road to Valun (larger version of the above)
A day at the beach (featuring the new boat!)
