12 February 2014

After writing our post on anniversaries the other day it got me thinking about the last time we actually made time for just ourselves. You MAY think this is a ridiculous thing to say as we travel the globe relatively freely absolutely on our own, as in, JUST THE TWO OF US. We sit side by side, day by day and we get married on average every ten days!

Of course, this is all wonderful and we absolutely love spending 24 hours, 7 days a week together BUT how do we make that time, quality time.

We talk constantly to each other about every possible subject under the sun, from weddings, to sandwiches, to bodily functions and (gladly) many other subjects…but how often do we have a romantic evening, light a candle, run a bath for one another or have a date night?

The answer is rarely. 1. We do not HAVE a bath, 2. a candle as much as I LOVE them dearly, can be a hazard in Peggy and date night just isn’t the same when you live in a van and are wild camping in a cul de sac!

So it is decided, we will go on a date week! we’re heading off on a romantic getaway and the timing is purely coincidental!

We have, due to our Pakistan Visa had to fly back to the UK to make our applications. While it has been wonderful seeing family and friends we find ourselves needing time away from absolutely everything and as awful as it sounds, everyone. No computers, no blogging, no talking about travel plans, wedding plans or any other plans. Just a whole week of us just being together.

Just cooking, eating, relaxing in the sun with a book, hiking a volcano and generally wearing ourselves out physically instead of mentally…read into that what you wish. We plan to have a completely self absorbed week and to completely ignore the big round thing we are stood on and hell bent on travelling around in our crazy old camper!

We have picked up affordable flights and are heading to Tenerife. It is familiar and we have somewhere to stay when we get there which right now is our idea of bliss! An entire week, in the sun, completely isolated from anything, just us.

We used to be so romantic before we left on our adventures, Alex once filled a room FULL with helium balloons, wrote me poems on the bedroom walls in invisible ink (revealed with a black light bulb he gifted me) and even bought me flowers on occasion. I would set the table and spend the entire day cooking his favourite meal, light candles all through the house and surprise him with the odd weekend away or a sexy outfit. Now we call taking it in turns to make breakfast every day romantic, or staying in a hotel for a night due to circumstance, a holiday!!

So, we’re going to get our Romantic on! I envisage breakfast in bed, lounging around in bathrobes and eating canapes with a crisp glass of icy cold wine by the pool. I am maybe even hoping to do some hiking, picnicking and just cannot wait to drive away from the city and enjoy a night with the love of my life under the stars.

However, will all of our good intentions go to waste? Will we just lay in every day, get bored of having absolutely nothing to do and end up bickering about what we don’t want to do next? THIS is the question! Are we too used to life on the fly?

We are offline all this week but wish you all a happy valentines day…a day when, if nothing else, the expectations (and the card sales) go through the roof!