Where to Go?

So, dear readers, for the last 15 years our vacations have centered around the all-important School Calendar. In the time before kids we enjoyed a couple of lovely trips to Europe in September and last-minute ski vacations to Colorado in April just because the snow was good.

In the years since our oldest started real school we have managed a couple of kid-free adventures, notably a trip to Italy and weekends in New York. Those required intensive planning and coordinating care of the children. The time we went to Italy I think I left my parents12 pages of instructions on child care, routines and activities.

For family vacations and get togethers, our calendar issues continue to be complex and time-consuming with various spring break and Christmas holiday calendars.

But now I am free to think about other possibilities. We can consider vacations during the school year! What I would really like to do is go on a biking holiday in Asia. I have never been to Asia and would love to visit Thailand, Vietnam, Bhutan, Singapore, etc. It seems like a biking holiday is just the thing to combine exercise with a chance to feel like I could get to know the country.

Somebody out there must have been on this kind of a holiday before, right? I would love to hear your suggestions and ideas.