Post travel blues

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Why I Get The Post Travel Blues

Most people will say thatĀ you do not remember the pain of childbirth and keep talking about it over andĀ over.Ā  Maybe it is because after the painĀ there is the joy of holding your child. Ā Not so with the pain from a bad travel experience, especially one whereĀ you arrived home sick.Ā  I told twoĀ friends who told two friends and so on and so on and so on (maybe you rememberĀ the 80’s Faberge commercial?)

Our vacation costĀ calculations have generally not included the cost of medicine while away orĀ treatment when we returned.Ā  ThisĀ experience will certainly have us considering travel medical insurance moreĀ seriously in the future, however, we will read the fine print to see how sickĀ you really need to be before you can pull the ā€œthere is no place like homeā€Ā button.

Back at home, we start the post travel blues when we beginĀ reversing the packing regimen.Ā  ClothesĀ come out of the suitcase and go right into the laundry.Ā  Sunscreen, sunhats and sandals go into theĀ summer box, since February is still too far away from warm weather inĀ Toronto.Ā  Suitcases are aired out and theĀ dive gear gets put back in storage.Ā  TheĀ camera gets downloaded so that David can spend hours turning 200 pictures intoĀ 400 that we will probably never look at again. Ā Of course, when I get my hand on my copy of the pictures, the 300+Ā pictures of me will quickly be pared down.

As a regular travelĀ reviewer, David has already began his online commentary on all parts of ourĀ trip – the tour company, the beach, snorkeling the coral reef and the customsĀ process.Ā  He can’t comment on scubaĀ diving since our planned trip got cancelled when I got sick.Ā  There will be no commentary on the day trips,Ā since those too never happened.Ā  He isĀ exercising the ā€œsleep on itā€ rule before writing about the hotel and ourĀ experiences.Ā  The only thing he has doneĀ was to document the medical care received in Cuba in preparation for our visitĀ to our family doctor. Ā This was a real cause ofĀ post travel blues!

Once all vestiges of our travel has been put awayĀ and only the fading tan remains, we get a little depressed about no longerĀ being warm and on vacation.Ā  The postĀ travel blues will remain until we get planning for our next trip.Ā  But this one will live on in the re-tellingĀ for some time yet.

What gives youĀ post travel bluesĀ when you return from vacation?




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