What’s the word According to the American Heritage Dictionary, the origins of the word vacation are from Old French, then further back to Latin: from the past participle of vacāre, to be empty. Empty, as in vacate. Staycation, a term that never existed before 1992, has no classical pedigree. Neither word applied to exactly, nor
The cure for anything is salt water – sweat, tears, or the sea. ~ Isak Dinesen Four weeks ago, Carole, in human resources, contacted me: I still had over three weeks of vacation time, and it must be used by the end of May (my vacation year is from June 1 to May 31st). A
Will in Barcelona The college age son (Will) of a friend since 1971 (Bill) was studying in Barcelona. Bill was visiting Will, and since Barcelona is a three hour train ride from Montpellier, it was an easy trip to meet B/W + ill. Getting out of town was needed. My Montpellier circle is too small: