So, technically I’ve
been back from our vacation for over a full week. But you know that old adage
about needing a vacation to get over your vacation? Yeah, that’s pretty much
where I’m at right now.
Pros:
Camping wasn’t nearly as
bad as I thought it might be. The tent was spacious and well-equipped. We had
electricity and were able to rent a camping fridge, have a fan and outlets to
charge cell phones or play music.
The lavatories were clean and well-functioning
and only 30 seconds away from our tent site. The campground had an awesome
pool, a reasonably-priced snack shack, grocery store and restaurant and it was
only 2 minutes from a fantastic kid-friendly beach!
Cons:
Even though it was close
by, I must have walked the equivalent of one-hundred miles to and from the
lavatories. Yes. The kids made it their mission to need to pee at least once every
hour of every day the entire time we were there. Not to mention frequent
showers to remove chlorine or beach sand, and trips dedicated to washing
dishes, of course.
Communal bathrooms and
showers also, regretfully, permit you to know intimate details about your camp-mates
hygiene. And it becomes completely normal
for everyone to make some sort of announcement whenever they’re headed to the
toilettes. You know, just in case we
began wondering where they went.
More Pros: The location
was fantastic.
Only 10 minutes from the
Port de Cavalaire where we went nearly every night for the best ice cream.
And had our Bastille Day activities like the kids’ lantern-march and fireworks.
The campground was only 10 minutes
from the fair grounds.
5 minutes from the medeival village of Ramatuelle.
And 10 minutes from the
beautiful Mediterranean beach - ‘Gigaro’.
And an hour’s drive to ‘Marineland’-
France’s version of Seaworld.
All of this activity,
plus the frequent beach, pool, and bathroom trips kept me active pretty much
non-stop for two weeks. And even if I was bordering on exhaustion as we packed
up to go home, it was totally worth it!
Missed you all! How was your month of July? Any news to report? Have any of you ever had a vacation that was less-than-leisurely?
