V noci sme prišli z dovolenky. Sama sebe sa čudujem, že po prvom dni strávenom doma mám potrebu si sadnúť a písať. Písať, po tom maratóne vybaľovania, prania a upratovania. Lenže dojmy sú silné, čerstvé ako po každej dovolenke, keď stále ešte vidíte na pokožke dotyk slnka a pri vybaľovaní kufrov stále cítite vôňu mora. Dovolenka a jej výber nie je najmä pri malých deťoch produktom jednodňového výplodu fantázie ale často dôsledkom aj niekoľkomesačného plánovania. Niektoré rodiny vyberajú už v zime a kupujú si dovolenky pod stromček, my sa bavíme o dovolenke už po ceste z nej.
We’ve got back from the holiday this night. I wonder why I have a need to sit down and write, just after one day at home. To write after the marathon of unpacking, doing laundry and cleaning. However, impressions are strong, fresh, just like after every holiday, when you see the touch of sun on your skin and sense the smell of sea while unpacking luggage. The holiday and its choice, mainly when you have kids, is not a product of one-day fantasy, but rather a consequence of planning for several months. Some families reserve a holiday as a Christmas present, we talk about the next holiday as early as we are on the way back home from the last one.
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Tento rok sme sa rozhodli pre Chorvátsko ako už tri roky predtým, vlastne odkedy máme deti. Ja som sa aj pokúsila o jeden výlet/úlet na Tenerife, ale päť a pol hodinový let s jeden a pol ročným dieťaťom bol skutočne skúškou detskej vytrvalosti a trpezlivosti celej posádky lietadla. Preto Chorvátsko! Úprimne som tam bezdetná nikdy predtým nebola, veď to je „len“ Chorvátsko. Omyl. V podstate zisťujem, že to, kde som nie je pre mňa až také dôležité ako to s kým som tam. Na to som ale musela asi trocha podrásť.
This year we choose Croatia, as three years before.. I’ve tried a trip to Tenerife, but five and half hour flight with a year and half old child was truly a trial for child’s persistence and patience of people aboard the plane. That’s why Croatia! Honestly, I’ve never been there when I was childless, for it was just “Croatia”. What a mistake! But now I know that it is not important where I am but rather whom I am there with. However, for that, I’ve probably had to grow up a little bit.
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Neodsudzujem rodiny, ktoré si berú so sebou starých rodičov, páči sa mi ak je rodina spolu, ale argument, to by sme si vôbec neoddýchli, mi príde trochu …. no neviem. Dovolenka s deťmi nie je o ležaní na pláži, čítaní knihy a oddychu, tohoto sna som sa už dávno vzdala. Ale nepáči sa mi, keď aj na ten prchavý moment v roku má niekto potrebu deti „odložiť“. Tak ako my by sme si mali užiť deti, mali by sme deťom dopriať seba, bez telefónu, počítača, televízie alebo povinností, ktoré bežne máme. Je to čas, ktorý nemá vyčísliteľnú hodnotu a práve preto je tým najvzácnejším, čo si môžeme navzájom dopriať.I observe a lot. People. I don’t just stare, I learn. This (bad) habit made me sure about how much energy parents dedicate to their children and how we look up to these moments spent with them. We have tried to fit these several months lasting preparation for holiday into one week. I wanted the perfect weather, food, sea and good kids. If a piece from this mosaic falls off during the holiday, we fear that it will crumble. No. Everything is perfect because we are there together. It just makes me sad that to find a space for a truly intense time with our children, we have to get out, anywhere, the further the better. It does’t matter whether it’s a sea, mountains, cottage or just a weekend we don’t cook, don’t surf the internet or don’t do anything, as long as we dedicate our every moment to them. When we listen a lot, we observe a lot, we walk a lot, we smile a lot, we breakfast, lunch and dine together. We fall asleep together and we wake up together. This is why I love holidays. Because I love my family and time spent with them has miraculous effects on me. I always return from holidays a little bit more in love with all three of them. I don’t judge families that take grandparents with them, but the argument, “we would not relax at all” seems to me…. I don’t know. Holiday with children is not about lying on the beach, reading books and relaxing, I gave up that dream a long time ago. However, I don’t like that even in that fleeting moment of the year, someone has a need to “put kids away”. Just as we should enjoy children, we should let them enjoy us without the phone, computer, television or duties we ordinary have. It is a time of priceless value and that’s why it is the most invaluable thing we can give to each other.
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LULLA (link TU)
SASHA-M (link TU)
www.joolz.cz
www.suavinex.cz
www.mirau.skBACK