Path from Holidaying to Vacationing my Life!!!!

I love the holidays. The nippy weather, smells of all that great food and the general merriment in the atmosphere as everyone celebrates in his or her own way. If i look back through the holidays i had, i can say I really had a great time!!!

One more thing that i notice are the changes I saw in the kind of holidays now and then !!!!

There were days when holidays meant summer or winter Vacations (i know they were VACATIONS but we never used to call them so... they were Holidays for us... from school, studies and routines) and lucknow (nani's house) with loads of masti. The anxious wait for the exams to get over, for the after days when we don have to get up early mornings and had mom's permission to sleep till late, watch tv and play video games for hours..... :>

Then a day used to arrive with tickets for a mutual plan of all cousins to gather in that 2 room nani's home with an amazing terrace, which even though sounds small to accomodate 5 families but for us it was a heaven of fun, excitement and maujjaaaa :D

Those days when tension meant only exam result, when apple and blackberry were just fruits and mango was to eat not wear !!!!! :D

Summers didnt mean heat but two full months of freedom and play (did i ever think of getting tanned that time .... noway!!). Shopping trip wasall about same clothes as my cousins (colors were different though hahaaa) and still fight over them later. Silly discussions and quarrels.... may be for hiding mangoes or muskmelon seeds (Ha haha )... Delicious meals didnt mean eating out, but scrumtious nani's mutton stew or mummy's murg musallam or aunt's (khalas and maamis) korma, dosas, kebabs and biryanis.... (wow i miss those times :( )

Times have surely changed... guess we have grown up too with new lives, new priorities and responsibilities with hardly few things to match that used to create that unmatched harmony.

Guess the right time to say "" Give me some sunshine, give me some rain, give me another chance I wanna grow up once again !!!!!!! """

Apparently, today the meaning of 'Holidays' have changed tooo and have become more of 'Vacations' with friends. Travelling, these days have become one of the best options to unwind from everyday's tensions.... Am not saying i do it just for that reason but infact i completely love visitin 'n exploring new places and cultures, it surely has become a hobby for me but this transformation in the meaning of holidaying amazes me !!!!!

After travelling to beautiful places accross my country, I feel vacations are all about knowing new people, freely roaming around, relish new delicacies, enjoy different weather, landscapes n culture and capture the moments in photographs to cherish them later, when this VACATION will change to something else !!!!!

To sum up this experience, i will only say LIFE MOVES ON !!!!!