Real and Efficient Holidays

We are setting off for our summer holiday in Spain tomorrow morning at the crack of dawn. When I asked Sandie this evening if she’d had a good day, she said it had been a “liaison day” between two different parts of the holiday. I thought that this did it a serious disservice… I don’t think I’ve ever had a more efficient holiday ever – gardener at 8AM, carpenter at 9AM, sound system installer at 10AM, electrician at 11AM, and then lunch at the parents-in-law at 12.30PM before another set of workmen arrived at 4.30PM (no small feat given that this is France and the height of summer!). I even managed to get a bike ride and a bit of Karchering of a patio in. Is it wrong to organize one’s holiday like this? The good news is that if yes, then tomorrow signals the start of a more traditional “real” summer holiday. We’re off to some sort of resort just south of Barcelona for a water-filled and culture-free child fest. Thankfully we’re going to be there with a number of good friends so we might even be able to get a sensible conversation or two in over the course of the 10 days we’re there.