Blog 8  SUMMER HOLIDAYS

• ·         Plans or ideas for the summer holidays
• ·         Places they are going to /would like to visit
• ·         People they are going to / would like to be with
• ·         Activities they are thinking of being part of

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Hemingway's Museum in Cuba

Summer is a season that has traditionally been connected to vacations, and vacations, in turn, are connected to traveling. But the dilemma starts with choosing a destination, especially if you have family in different parts of the world.

This year my summer vacations start with a trip to Cuba to welcome the year  2018. The end of year is a season when we start to make a balance of the year that ends and to make resolutions for the new year. Do you ever make new year’s resolutions? I think it is important to make a stop and reevaluate your choices and introduce changes in your lifestyle and stick to them. Here I paste a link to 50 New Year’s Resolutions, and most importantly, how to keep them.

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/50-new-years-resolution-ideas-and-how-achieve-each-them.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/2016/12/26/7-secrets-of-people-who-keep-their-new-years-resolutions/#4d58eb7f7098

This trip will give me the opportunity to be with my Cuban son and grandchildren and with my brother and sister. In terms of the weather, this is the best time of the year because it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Winter in Cuba is very mild, and for us, the ones who live in Chile, Cuban winter is like Chilean summer.

 And, of course, my second destination will be Miami in March to see my American grandson. It is also a wonderful time for the weather because it will not be as  hot as it usually is.

  Although it is hard to have the family spread throughout the continent, I have found the way to reconcile with this situation, and the best way is to think about quality time. This concept is the only choice to minimize the anxiety and sadness  that distance produces and look at it with optimism, so I try to enjoy the moments we spend together and visit places that give us the possibility to feel satisfaction, such as Hemngway's house in Cuba.

I am thankful to you for giving me the opportunity to share what I do with my grandson from the USA. I wish I could have done the same with the  ones who live in Cuba.

Now I am interested in knowing about your plans, your end-of-the-year balance and your New Year’s resolutions.