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Vacation – what’s your definition?

April 29, 2016 KG7 Comments

For my nieces and nephew, it means

eating as much junk food (courtesy: their adorable aunt … (coughs) that is me, of course)
Playing the Wii games almost the whole day
Going to a park or a mall in the evening (compulsory…) and the parks and malls should be different each day
sleep in late and wake up whenever they want
no reading or writing
never telling rhymes or stories, except for the ones that appear on the TV
buy and play with as many toys as possible and not bother to keep them in their own place
fight with each other and increase the blood pressure of their respective parents 😉 (with some help from their aunt)

For me,

No work
Waking up early to enjoy the nature (I tend to sleep in during work days 😉 , don’t question the reason behind these)
Eating pastries and snacks and putting on a little bit of weight
taking as many photographs as possible
Walking around places and just enjoying life
No phone (I tend to not use my phone during my vacation time except maybe to take photographs)
People watching
Watching sunrise and sunset whenever and wherever possible

What is yours?

Hola!

September 21, 2015September 21, 2015 KG2 Comments

After a fun filled vacation and lots and lots of tanning (can’t really make it out what with my skin already very wheatish in color) I am not really very happy to be back 😦 because who would want to be back from a fun vacation and get back to the normal grind of life right ? But then as Rumi said ‘Travel brings power and love back to your life’ and it did. I have to be back to work on my next vacation and to prepare for my next adventure 🙂 So here I am!
Will catch up with the posts sooner, once I get over my travel lag. See you all soon with lots of photographs and stories.

Half Moon Bay – El Granada , Pillar Point

May 25, 2015May 25, 2015 KG4 Comments

I have always loved the Half Moon Bay in California. So many beaches , small towns and light houses in between. This time, my first trip, once I got my rental, was to the Surfer’s beach (also called as El Granada Beach) along with the Pillar Point Harbor next to it. There weren’t as many surfer’s as I would have liked and the wind and tides weren’t in favor too. But that did not stop me from enjoying a very quiet time at the beach watching kids and the dogs play. Some kids were trying so hard to try to be on the surf board. It was a pity that the day wasn’t that conducive.

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SoCS – Going away

April 11, 2015April 10, 2015 KG28 Comments

I will take this opportunity to let you all know that I will be away for almost a month in May because I will be doing my yearly vacationing that time. This time my journey is to a place I have already been on official visits. Yup, I am going to USA, specifically to San Francisco. 3 weeks of relaxing and probably some small trips (I hope I do Vegas this time again, with friends 😉 ) Usually, I will be planning like mad but this time I am not. I am just gonna take the day as it comes and since I am going to be staying with friends, there will be no dearth of fun. I have a wedding to attend to too.

Things that I would love to do are a) eat a BIG icecream at Ghirardelli square b) do an adventure sport (skydiving or paragliding anything that is thrilling) c) Go to Drake’s beach and Point Reyes again, at least to show that wonderful place to my friends (who are travelling with me and who even though have been in SFO, haven’t gone there yet) and there is one more thing I need to do, but will let you know once I do it… (I know if I do it, my mom is gonna freak out on me 😉 )

But before that, I am eagerly waiting for my nieces and nephew who are gonna come down to my town for their vacation and spend some time with me before I leave for my vacation. Some fun times coming up.

Post for this week’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt.

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “-jour-“: add a prefix or suffix to complete it or use it as the French word for “day.” Have fun!