If you had asked me BC (before children) what my favorite holiday was, it would be a lot different to my favorite holiday now we have children, so when the Tots100 was asking bloggers to post about their favorite holiday in order to win a summer holiday from Thomson Al Fresco. I decided to tell you a tale of two holidays.
South Africa 2003
| Before Children | With Children | |
| Location | South Africa | Henley on Thames |
| Transport | Airplane | Car with car seats and sick bags |
| Luggage | A case and small bag | A car stuffed full to the gills |
| Accommodation | Hotel | Tent |
| Breakfast | Leisurely and taken at hotel | Cooked on a BBQ at 7am |
| Must haves | Good books and sun cream | Baby wipes, games, sun cream and clean loos |
| Lunch | People watching in a café | Sandwiches or MacDonald’s |
| Dinner | Candlelit evening meal with husband accompanied with wine | Cooked on a camping stove and washed in a communal sink accompanied with lots of wine for the adults |
| Typical meal | Seafood with sublime wines | Sausages and Beans |
| Relaxation | Spa treatment or swimming in the pool | What! |
| Shopping | Markets and local delicatessens | With children, no way just the supermarket |
| Most eventful happening | Bring photographed with baby white Bengal tigers | The children actually sleeping though the night |
| Best part of the holiday | Being bought diamond earrings by MadDad | The open air and relaxed time with the family |
| Worst part of the holiday | Being seasick on the boat to Robben island | Child being sick all over car seat |
| Best day trip | A visit to the wine reagion | A visit to Legoland |
Hemley on Thames 2009
This post is an entry to the Tots100/Al Fresco Holidays competition.
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