{"id":31,"date":"2015-01-20T23:48:22","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T04:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitachonbalanceandblessings.wordpress.com\/?p=31"},"modified":"2015-01-20T23:48:22","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T04:48:22","slug":"why-im-not-booking-a-vacation-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitachonbalanceandblessings.com\/index.php\/2015\/01\/20\/why-im-not-booking-a-vacation-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I&#8217;m Not Booking a Vacation &#8211; Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bitachonbalanceandblessings.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/01\/1415275_22821821.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-32 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bitachonbalanceandblessings.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/01\/1415275_22821821.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"1415275_22821821\" width=\"404\" height=\"271\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love travelling. The sights, the experience and the education all entrance me. However, I don&#8217;t go away more often than once every few years.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been known to spend hours on deal sites, travel sites, flight comparisons and train fare sites, without ever actually booking. I yearn to visit the locations in the photos. I research a city&#8217;s history, its excursions and its entertainment venues. And then I close the browser windows.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Well, today was one of those days. With midwinter vacation coming up, I found myself battling the travel itch. It&#8217;s bitter cold, and my wanderlust has kicked in. I need to visit the great outdoors! Well, with my little guy in tow and getting older, I knew there was a chance. And then I clicked that little &#8220;x.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To me vacation is about getting in touch with yourself and your surroundings. Where we live in such a temporary society, with seconds whizzing by, I couldn&#8217;t bring myself to spend the money on going to theme parks. A week in paradise sounds wonderful, but then, so does the prospect of growing as a person, as a mother, as a woman.<\/p>\n<p>Living in America, there are so many tens of locations I would love to see. I love learning about and experiencing history, and these are the experiences I seek in a vacation. Until now I have savoured these moments in the Eretz haKodesh. There aren&#8217;t many local options in midwinter because unfortunately this is the time when travel is most difficult in cold climates.<\/p>\n<p>Our vacation will be spent at home. Exploring and experiencing our city&#8217;s own history. We will enjoy one another&#8217;s company, and create lasting memories together. After all, isn&#8217;t that was history is made of?<\/p>\n<p>My kind of vacation.<\/p>\n<p>Make some memories today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love travelling. The sights, the experience and the education all entrance me. However, I don&#8217;t go away more often than once every few years. I&#8217;ve been known to spend hours on deal sites, travel sites, flight comparisons and train fare sites, without ever actually booking. I yearn to visit the locations in the photos. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,15],"tags":[83,109,110],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holidays","category-vacation","tag-priorities","tag-travel","tag-vacation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitachonbalanceandblessings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitachonbalanceandblessings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitachonbalanceandblessings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitachonbalanceandblessings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bitachonbalanceandblessings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitachonbalanceandblessings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitachonbalanceandblessings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitachonbalanceandblessings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}