My husband and I have decided to take a short holiday to celebrate our crystal wedding anniversary. I can barely believe it's been fifteen years since we married, but with 4 kids to look after, we haven't been able to spend much time alone with each other without the children needing us. Now that they are a little older, the younger ones are 7 & 9 and the older ones 12 & 14, I feel confident enough to leave them with my parents for a few days. I have been looking into city breaks in Washington DC, as this is only a few hours' drive away and my husband has been on the internet trying to find good deals on luxury hotels where we can pamper ourselves for a couple of nights.
I want to go to the National Gallery of Art to see Richard Misrach's exhibition 'On The Beach', which are a series of photographs he took in Hawaii. Other than that I'd be happy just walking the streets with my husband, strolling through the parks and stopping for coffee. The aim of the break is just to spend some quality time with each other rather than go sightseeing. We are hoping to make the trip in the first week of July, which will coincide with our anniversary. This will be right at the start of the kids' summer vacation so is probably the best time for us to get away as they will be excited about the holidays and hopefully won't miss us so much. These last few weeks of the summer term are going to be very busy as we wrap up for holidays, so it's giving me something to look forward to.
Posted on Tuesday, June 03, 2008 10:22 AM by Carol Ann