This summer, as with most previous summers, we drove around the country visiting family. This summer, as with most previous summers, we told ourselves never again. Why? It’s a hassle, and the kids are totally worn down from all the travel.
If you’re not willing to travel, or spend an obscene amount of money on travels to warmer places (e.g. Spain or Turkey) you could spend the money at home.
Spending the money at home or on your home are two different things. I for one think it’s time to think alternatively …
I would think how I could spend money on our home, and at the same time make the house a perfect resort 
First of all we would need a pool … a big one with its own white sandy beach! Secondly, we would need a water-slide … from the top of the garden and out into the pool. The slide would have to be wide enough for two grown-ups to be able to sit on a cool body board … Next we would have to have a big outdoor kitchen with a lounge where we could enjoy our meals and the occasional ice-cream or smoothie. The latter would of course be made from home-grown fruit and berries, a garden where the kids could climb the trees to pluck their own cherries, apples and pears.
To finish it off we would need an outdoor theater where we could set up our own summer shows, and invite neighbours for some fun and laughs.
So the plan now is to make the plans to realize it, and make a rig for the 10 solariums that will make out the fake sun…
Happy summer … rainy Bergen!