A European Summer
I just read an article on the Business of Fashion www.businessoffashion.com that was about how Paris is closed for the month of August. Everyone in the city goes on a 4 week vacation in August. Shops close, major corporate offices shut down and people are just not home. Sounds nice! In America I think the average worker feels guilty if we take a 10 day vacation out of state. WTH is wrong with us? How come we are not like the Europeans? I remember when I got married about 10 years ago, my boss was very angry when I took the day off AFTER my wedding! One day! I was exhausted, had a million people in town, and just needed a "rest" day after all I had just had a big wedding the day before. Then when I wanted to take a honeymoon to Thailand, I had to ask permission six months in advance and postpone it for five months. Then they tried to make me fee bad about it. Wow! I left that company a few years later because I was exhausted after being on the road for 12 da