Holiday trip to Rhodes, Greece

My family took a weeks holiday beginning of October and traveled to Rhodes, Greece. This holiday was a bit different then any holiday we have ever taken before in that we actually relaxed!!! We didn't do our usual rise early in the morning and scour every inch of the island and try to take in every cultural experience, tour every museum, and then return late at night to collapse into the hotel room. We are the type of people who often return from holiday saying we need a holiday from our holiday:)!. Not this time, we promised the children we would spend time at the beach and at the pool and allow them to just play, swim and unwind. My husband and I joked prior to leaving that we wouldn't last 3 or 4 days before we would go stir crazy:)! To my amazement neither my husband or I went stir crazy laying around, we actually enjoyed it!!! I was able to read 3 books that week , swam in the ocean, and took a nap every day at the pool it was heaven.

We did take 2 excursions outside the hotel resort but other than that we stayed put and had a great time.



Our resort Hotel had 3 large swimming pools and a private beach.











The kids really enjoyed having the slides and we spent almost all of our pool time near these slides:)

















The beach, while not the sandy haven we were hoping for it provided the kids with lots of adventures and explorations!


















Swimming in the Ocean and seeing the fish was one of Princess's favorite activities, while Little Man preferred the pool with the slides.












This is what I spent my time doing and I did not once pick up a home schooling book, or any school related activity for a whole week!












My husband and I took turns napping by the pool











Since we were at an all inclusive resort (first one we have ever stayed at) there were tons of activities adults and children could participate in, here are a few we indulged in.



Hubby and Princess playing water polo. They both enjoyed it and played several times.











Jet skiing at the beach. First time for everyone to do this!

Every evening there was a children's disco and then a night time show, my favorite was the Greek night when there were Greek folk dancers there along with a band.

Children dancing, music was in English, Italian, Spanish, French, German. You haven't lived until you have heard the Chicken song sung in French and the Macarena sung in Italian:)!























There was even a children's club that my children went too a few times on their own when they wanted a break from the pool.

So it was a successful holiday! Has this changed us from our usual holiday travels, I have to honestly say NO!. I missed going to the museums, I missed touring the island and felt I left Rhodes not really getting to see the Greek culture and people. Which is something I love to experience. While I loved the holiday I think we need to figured out a way to balance relaxation with real life experiences too. But I will say this opened my eyes to what a truly relaxing holiday is:)!

Next post will be on our excursion to Lindos and the Acropolis!

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