Holidays

The theme for today’s Gallery over at Sticky Fingers is Holidays.

Now, we have hardly taken any holidays since I was about ten years old. Since Chipmunk was born, I have always wanted to give him a holiday each year. Sadly, finances usually dictate that this is an impossibility.

Our first holiday came when Chipmunk was three. We went to the Isle of Man for a week, and it was the first time on a plane for both of us. Sadly, most of my pictures were lost in a laptop malfunction Yes, I have learned my lesson – backup, backup, backup!

Our next holiday, when Chipmunk was four, was our last. Unless you count the week in Wales a couple of years ago. But I don’t really – it was more about visiting family and less about getting away from it all! Anyway, we went to Malta and Gozo for ten days.

And it was magical.

Beautiful.

Amazing.

In fact, I could quite easily have decided not to come home. I hope we’ll have another ‘proper’ holiday one day. Even better, would be one that can live up to the wonders of our Mediterranean escape!

This is one of my favourite pictures from that holiday:

We went on a ‘Pirate Cruise’ for the day around the islands of Malta, Comino and Gozo. It was stunningly beautiful, peaceful and so amazing to spend the day with my boy on a beautiful old wooden ship bobbing gently up and down on the clear waters of the Med. Bliss.

I want to do it again.

Soon.

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