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What to do on a boring holiday?
Flanging_Fred
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In the summer I'm going with the family to Bulgaria for a two week holiday. Now my wife is Bulgarian and she wants to travel around the country a bit and visit places that she grew up in (mainly in the mountains) and see old friends. A bit of a homesick pilgrimage really for her. Now I can't and don't want to begrudge her the opportunity to do all this but after a couple of days I get REALLY bored and pissed off at
hanging around (usually looking after the 2 kids) while she spends ages
in cafes catching up with her old friends (speaking in Bulgarian REALLY fast so I can't keep up with what they are saying).
We're planning the trip and the itinery at the moment and Mrs Fred is getting stressed at me asking what I want to do. She gets pissed at me for looking bored and grumpy. However when I look online, there is BUGGER ALL to do that I'd be remotely interested in. The scenery in amazing but as I have plantar faciitus, I can't walk all that far before getting to quite a bit of pain, so walking in the countryside on hikes is a bit of a no-no.
I'll take some drawing stuff, I might take my harmonica and see if I can improve a bit on that, Try taking some photos.
So any suggetions of how to keep myself occupied (without much equipment) up a mountain, in the middle of nowhere (assume no mobile connection), in the searing heat, with two young daughters?
We're planning the trip and the itinery at the moment and Mrs Fred is getting stressed at me asking what I want to do. She gets pissed at me for looking bored and grumpy. However when I look online, there is BUGGER ALL to do that I'd be remotely interested in. The scenery in amazing but as I have plantar faciitus, I can't walk all that far before getting to quite a bit of pain, so walking in the countryside on hikes is a bit of a no-no.
I'll take some drawing stuff, I might take my harmonica and see if I can improve a bit on that, Try taking some photos.
So any suggetions of how to keep myself occupied (without much equipment) up a mountain, in the middle of nowhere (assume no mobile connection), in the searing heat, with two young daughters?
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If you've got a laptop/iPad and interface you could write and record music
As for interesting things to do whilst your wife ignores you, then chatting up other women is a valid option in my opinion. Collect phone numbers.
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Find a cheapo eastern block junk shop guitar. Play it for two weeks, and then, bin it or sell it back to a second hand shop, gift it to one of the relatives' kids, or realise it is your new soul mate and sneak it into your luggage.
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Can't you take your girls out sightseeing for a day or two? There's loads of historic sites to visit and travel by train is cheap.
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