Monday, September 23, 2013

Holidays, the best of the year

Holidays are my favourite part of the year. It's not because I want to go out but rather because of the beautiful chance of having some real rest; I use this time to get rid of stress, forget about homework, annoying teachers, and mostly, I forget about setting up the alarm clock and thus forget about sleeping for 4 hours a day. As I was saying, my vacations are mostly an opportunity to relax and think about my family; this is why I always travel to Paine where my godparents live.

 I always pack very few things when I go there since I have a complete wardrobe in there, so no matter what the season is, I always have something to wear when I visit them. Once I get there I spend my time walking around, watching TV, or sometimes asking my godparents to visit lake Aculeo. During summer I stay there for longer so I can help my godfather with the bees, since it is the honey harvesting season. This occupies a huge amount of time: we wake up at 4 or 5 AM and we stay in the hill until 2 or 3 PM. We basically remain there harvesting honey until daylight runs out. It is an extremely exhausting process but it is also lots of fun. 

Honestly, it is not frequently that I travel from Santiago to anywhere else considering that I am usually short on money, but whenever I go out, I really have a good time. Coincidentially, everytime I have a lot of fun it's because I've been to my godparents or because I've traveled with my parents. I'm looking forward to begin travelling and discovering other interesting places in Chile

3 comments:

  1. Honey Harvest!! that beautiful and fun! always great change of pace for some different work that eventually turns into a fun, one day I live this experience

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  2. Is really nice that after a long and stressful year, you can actually have a big distraction and forget everything about the class and the university. I'm very happy that soon we are going to be free again!

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  3. I've never been in Paine, I would like to go.
    completly agree, vacations are amazing time to share with family and friends we don't usually see... or just to do nothing and have a relaxing time just for you.

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