A Second Summer Holiday

This year we decided to rent a larger-than-we need house on Phillip Island for a week, and to invite friends to come and stay for as long or as short a time as they wished . The house had 2 decks, the one at the back of the house was great in the mornings, and the front deck had a fantastic view over Westernport Bay.

On Friday night we had 7 people staying and had a great barbecued meal together. Contrary to what one might think, entry was not on the condition of wearing a Hawaiian shirt !

We had great weather...not too hot...not too cold...and did holdayish things like jigsaws, and swimming, and having a glass of wine with lunch, and I even got to go out for two minutes in the canoe, but the water was a bit choppy.

Apparently, with Global Economic Crisis, and especially in Europe, many people have been forced to stay at home for their holidays, causing the term 'staycation' to come into being. I invented the term 'fakation' for a holiday at home, because it's not really a holiday, it's more just like 'not working' - equally valid, but not nearly as good as vacating one's usual environment.

So after not one, but two holidays this year, I'm truly hooked !