Journey To Sablet Part V - by Jacqueline Hughes
Thanks Jacqueline for sharing your journey with us.
Our good neighbors and friends from across the street came over last night to ask if we’d bring in their mail while they were gone on vacation. Janice is a first grade teacher within the Orlando Public School System and definitely deserves some time away. Like me, she loves to write and will be attending a writer’s conference in Las Vegas this trip, as well as soaking in the natural beauty and grandeur of our Grand Canyon. Bill, her husband, travels all over the world in his line of work and, I know, is along for the ride….. If something makes Janice happy, it will make Bill happy, too! Gotta love him!
I tell you this little story because I’m aware that all over this world someone is ‘picking-up the mail’ for somebody else that is on their way to enjoy a few days, weeks, whatever, off for ‘good behavior.’ Label it prendre des vacances, or go on holiday, or to take a vacation……it all means the same, and we all deserve them, especially with the punches delivered by the ‘ups and downs’ of our current economic scenario.
Although they won’t return for ten days, I’m already anticipating our one-on-one coffee clutch where Janice “spills the beans” and fills me in on (almost) every nuance of the trip. Of course I’m interested in the conference, however, give me the sights, sounds, smells and taste that has accumulated in her memory for ten wonderful days and allow me to live vicariously through her vivid descriptions of them all. I want to taste the red wine she discovered at dinner, and ‘people watch’ through her eyes (one of my favorite past times of all!) as the throngs pass by on their various intimate journeys, and mentally catalog the feeling of the sun and gentle breezes that wash over her face while stirring-up the sweet pine scent from the trees encircling the rim of the canyon.
Can life get any better? My answer to this would be, short of being there myself, not really. The table is set. Go enjoy the feast. Not only are you doing yourself a favor by partaking of a delicious ‘meal’ prepared by another, but you have the rare and joyous opportunity of seeing the world through another’s perspective. Always remember that the Grand Canyon can be nibbled on in many different ways with each bite tasting as unique as the diner himself (herself).
Given this very same reasoning, I am soaking up all of the information I can about Sablet and the many different sights, people and activities to visit within and surrounding the village. Soon, when we arrive there for our ‘vacation,’ Dan and I will ‘nibble’ from the beauty, knowledge and history that surrounds us and return home with all of the ingredients to make a ‘memorable feast’ for all who want to partake of it.
Our good neighbors and friends from across the street came over last night to ask if we’d bring in their mail while they were gone on vacation. Janice is a first grade teacher within the Orlando Public School System and definitely deserves some time away. Like me, she loves to write and will be attending a writer’s conference in Las Vegas this trip, as well as soaking in the natural beauty and grandeur of our Grand Canyon. Bill, her husband, travels all over the world in his line of work and, I know, is along for the ride….. If something makes Janice happy, it will make Bill happy, too! Gotta love him!
I tell you this little story because I’m aware that all over this world someone is ‘picking-up the mail’ for somebody else that is on their way to enjoy a few days, weeks, whatever, off for ‘good behavior.’ Label it prendre des vacances, or go on holiday, or to take a vacation……it all means the same, and we all deserve them, especially with the punches delivered by the ‘ups and downs’ of our current economic scenario.
Although they won’t return for ten days, I’m already anticipating our one-on-one coffee clutch where Janice “spills the beans” and fills me in on (almost) every nuance of the trip. Of course I’m interested in the conference, however, give me the sights, sounds, smells and taste that has accumulated in her memory for ten wonderful days and allow me to live vicariously through her vivid descriptions of them all. I want to taste the red wine she discovered at dinner, and ‘people watch’ through her eyes (one of my favorite past times of all!) as the throngs pass by on their various intimate journeys, and mentally catalog the feeling of the sun and gentle breezes that wash over her face while stirring-up the sweet pine scent from the trees encircling the rim of the canyon.
Can life get any better? My answer to this would be, short of being there myself, not really. The table is set. Go enjoy the feast. Not only are you doing yourself a favor by partaking of a delicious ‘meal’ prepared by another, but you have the rare and joyous opportunity of seeing the world through another’s perspective. Always remember that the Grand Canyon can be nibbled on in many different ways with each bite tasting as unique as the diner himself (herself).
Given this very same reasoning, I am soaking up all of the information I can about Sablet and the many different sights, people and activities to visit within and surrounding the village. Soon, when we arrive there for our ‘vacation,’ Dan and I will ‘nibble’ from the beauty, knowledge and history that surrounds us and return home with all of the ingredients to make a ‘memorable feast’ for all who want to partake of it.
Posted by Marianne at 6/12/2009 5:59 PM 
Categories: Provence, Travel, France, Sablet
Tags: and we all deserve them especially with the punches delivered by the ‘ups and downs’ of our current economic scenario. weeks or to take a vacation……it all means the same whatever off for ‘good behavior.’ Label it prendre des vacances or go on holiday
Categories: Provence, Travel, France, Sablet
Tags: and we all deserve them especially with the punches delivered by the ‘ups and downs’ of our current economic scenario. weeks or to take a vacation……it all means the same whatever off for ‘good behavior.’ Label it prendre des vacances or go on holiday
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