I already let you know on Facebook, I went skiing with friends for a few days. What you just don't know is that it didn't end as well as it started. But… first things first… I'm going to tell you why you really should go on holiday with friends. Or whether you are going skiing with friends. Or plan another holiday with friends towards the sun, it doesn't matter!
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I've thought about it several times over the past week. Do I feel guilty or not? I just took a break for a few days, leaving husband, children and dog at home.
For the first time I think. I once went away to Marrakech for five days with Frank, without the children. And without Frank and the children on the road I also regularly did, just check the press trips I made. All nice, but that was with my partner and for my work. This time I went on holiday alone with friends.
Every now and then there was a slight gnawing feeling in my conscience. On the slopes with four other girls, enjoying the sun and then an unmissable après ski. Delicious, but is that actually possible? So yes!
Ultimately, I think every woman - and especially the mom - should do this if she has the opportunity. Get away from it all with your friends. No half day in the sauna after which you have to put the children in bed again. No high tea where you think about what kind of food you will put on the table that evening. No, really take a break to relax. For yourself. A holiday with friends, like in the old days. Delicious!
That doesn't really matter. Whether you go to the snow for skiing, or you go to the sun to bake or do something cultural, it doesn't matter. If you are only away from your husband and children for a few days.
It may sound a bit crude, but you have to realize that you can really recharge yourself with this. The energy you gain on such a holiday with friends to be able to continue is enormous, even if you only go for a few days.
That is what we have chosen. Five days on holiday with five girlfriends, skiing in Austria. Out of the five days, two travel days went off because we went by car, so effectively three days of skiing. Of which, by the way, I still lost half a day, but more on that later. But even the travel days can be counted as vacation days. They are cozy – or at the very least useful. You catch up and you sleep.
Four moms and a non-mom turned out to be an excellent balance. Even though the non-mom was afraid that the moms would drop out for the après-ski, nothing could be further from the truth. As true revelers, we even skipped dinner at the hotel for two days 😉 . Ski straight from the slopes to the hotel, drop your stuff and hop into the pub. Nice.
As far as I'm concerned, it can be both. Flying may sound a lot more relaxed, but for the sake of convenience you often forget that you are hanging around an airport for hours before you reach your destination. Anyway, we were going to fly first, but as said, it was still the car. No problem, because if you don't see each other every day, you have a lot to catch up on during such a holiday with friends. Even 8 hours in the car together is no problem!
What we did have to find out with the car insurance was how it is with driving. Letting a person drive for 8 hours is not an option of course, but it is not just said that your girlfriend can also drive in your car. Since we were going to travel with one car, we had to check in advance whether we could all drive that car. Luckily that wasn't a problem, but I didn't want to withhold the tip from you.
In addition, it is of course important that - if you go to Austria like us - you purchase an Austria vignette for the highways there. You can request such a vignette digitally and receive it in your mailbox within 1 to 2 hours. After all, it would be a great pity if such a holiday with friends also immediately resulted in a large fine because you do not have a vignette. You better take that money to the pub.
By celebrating a holiday with friends in this way, you loosen up again. More back to who you really are. At least that's the case for me. I can't remember the last time I danced like this with friends. Yes, of course, I sometimes act crazy at home. But we don't really go out anymore. Not like we did in the Cin Cin bar in Gerlos. According to many one of the coziest tents there. Because we don't speak much anyway, you would rather opt for dinner, for example. Also very pleasant and nice to chat with. But even if we were to go out, it would not be comparable to what happens to you during such a holiday.
If you opt for a longer holiday with friends, you will see that completely different conversations come to the table. And that in addition to those conversations, you also get to have fun. Nonsense lol like you used to do. Man, did we laugh. For nothing really.
So here's a brief summary of the reasons why you should really go on holiday with your girlfriends if you have the chance. And oh yes… the reason why it didn't end well for me, you'll read that tomorrow!
ps… are you going on a ski holiday with your friends? Here I saw that they sort everything out for you if you are bombed as an organizer.
