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Vacation - Time Well Spent?
Hellen DeRich was sitting at the dressing table in her boudoir.
She loved staying at her penthouse in Manhattan, it was so
convenient and the city at night was the place to be especially
in the spring.
However it was time for vacation once again and the planning
and arrangements had to be taken care of. This month the
destination was Paris and the Chateau needed to be opened and
made ready, time to call our agency, and of course the fitting
at La Maison de Argent for her spring outfits. Hellen sighed
quietly as she remembered that her personal dressmaker had
warned her that she was gaining weight, and in all the wrong
places. She shrugged the thought off and moved to the next item
on the agenda, the children.
As usual they were delighted to spend time at the ranch in
Montana, their grandma and pap-pap were looking forward to
seeing them and of course there was horse riding their favorite
pastime. She made a note to have them fitted with new things
for the trip; they were probably bored with their outfits,
after all those things were almost three months old. She picked
up her phone and called her husband. Harry answered the phone,
he sounded hurried and irritable, and she felt sorry for him.
All these stocks and bonds and brokers and bankers that he had
to deal with was wearing him down and she was happy that he was
taking some time off. One week vacation every month was hardly
enough but it was the best he could do, poor fella. She
reminded him to schedule their private jet to take the children
to the farm and to return in time for their trip to Europe.
Hellen hung up and changed into her swimsuit for an early
morning dip.
Okay, okay back to the real world. We all take vacations, well
most of us do but there are the people that are so in love with
their jobs that the thought of taking a break never occurs to
them. However if you are an author or you are planning to
become one I would recommend that you choose your vacation
destinations with care. I am suggesting that you consider
combining your time off with a suitable venue that could be
added to the book you are planning to write. For example a trip
to a Caribbean Island would be perfect if you could include the
ambiance and beauty of the island in a segments of your
book.
"Bill met Milly the dragon girl at the beach party, the night
was warm and sultry and the reggae music was intoxicating. They
were seen wandering down the beach close to the lapping waves
and that was the last anyone saw of them."
In June of 07, I took a long overdue vacation, my book was
finally finished and in the hands of the editor. I was
physically exhausted but emotionally elated. I packed my bags
and with my "lovely wife" at my side we headed for Europe and
the Mediterranean. It was my first trip to that part of the
world and I made sure that I did not forget my trusty notebook
and my camera.
There is a major disadvantage to traveling by cruise ships, you
never get to see as mush as you would like to at any port of
call. On the other hand, the convenience could never be
overstated, and the cost compares well with other forms of
vacationing. In three weeks we visited seven countries, France,
Italy, Portugal, Croatia, England, Spain, and Gibraltar. There
are so many things I could say about this trip, we came face to
face with the ancient history of the old Europe, the
magnificent Cathedrals, the Vatican, the Eiffel Tower, the
Pantheon, and the Coliseum, the list goes on and on. I took
pictures and I made notes and on my way home a glimmering of an
idea took root.
"It started in America, a super secret team left Washington on
a luxury yacht for Gibraltar to join an equally secret British
team for a raid across the straits to Morocco." But that is
another story. Do your homework, make notes, and take
pictures.
by Bernard Steele - 4th August 2008
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Bernard Steele is a veteran law enforcement officer
(operational and administrative), now retired. He was the
former chief security officer of the National Banking System of
Guyana S.A. To learn about his new book visit http://www.deathinsmalldoses.com
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Article Source: http://www.creativewriter.me.uk
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