I don’t have to pack for a family of 6 this summer. For the first time in too many years to count, there is no grand destination on our calendar. It’s a free feeling. Free to relax. Free to be at home. Free to do laundry….and dishes…and cleaning.
But with that freedom comes a restlessness: the desire to explore and escape the mundane house chores that fill up the school time months.
So I decided to go see the world.
And take the kids.
And I’m lucky that I live in a place where I can do this.
It’s been said that Los Angeles (and environs) is the most diverse city in the country. There are over 200 languages spoken here. Given the 10 million people or so, that’s not so hard to imagine. But what it means to this suburban mom, is that I can take my kids within an hour’s drive (depending on the hour, and the freeway…) and expose them to a myriad of cultures and cuisines. Without passports. Without packing a suitcase. And come home to my own bed at night.
Sounds like the perfect vacation.
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