It's inevitable that as the years pass and children move on , follow new paths and have their own families the chances of holidays with the whole family become few and far between. We are very lucky that at or around Christmas time we still manage to get together and we always have a great time.
This month we have had an amazing bonus holiday as my son reached the grand old age of 40 (surely not!) and his partner arranged a birthday surprise for him to visit his top of "bucket list" destination Iceland. To add to the surprise she had not told him in advance and had also not mentioned that our daughter and partner and we two would be arriving in Reykavik for the week as well.
We had a fabulous few days staying in an apartment and driving around exploring in van big enough to hold us all. It was quite a challenge at times finding food and entertainment to please everyone from the teens to fogies but we had a ball and have some great memories to look back on. Iceland was certainly different from anywhere we have been before and not somewhere we would have gone on our own. I would not have dreamt of going snowbiling on a glacier either!
Living abroad for us has only one downside and that is being a long way from our children, however we do see them at least as often as we did when we were all on the same side of the channel and when we do get together we always make the most of the time , much more so than when we grabbed a quick weekend at the end of a working week.So thank you to my lovely daughter in law for making this possible and including us all in her surprise and thank you to all the rest of the family for being there and being wonderful!
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