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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