It's been interesting learning to balance Vacation Life with Regular Life. Normally when you visit a place, you're there for only a short time, so you pack in as much stuff as possible. For us, that means visiting historical sights and museums, walking miles and miles around a city, eating out, etc. Our Vacation Life speed is actually pretty relaxed, as we've learned that with our large family, it's better to lower expectations than to push ourselves too hard and end up exhausted, cranky, and ready to kill each other. I'm a big fan of lowering expectations! But even with our comparatively relaxed Vacation Speed, we still get tired and it can be quite expensive. It's not a sustainable way to live for more than a few days at a time. So for our Home School Field Trip, we balance the Travel/Sight-Seeing/Culture Days with days of Regular Life. Gittin' history at Scarborough Castle: Until fairly recently, a Regular Life day consisted of the kids doing sch
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ReplyDeleteI do too. What's a busker?
ReplyDeleteBuskers are street performers who just show up and perform in public, usually with a hat or can or instrument case open to receive tips from people. There are lots of them here, on Charles Bridge and in the squares, but I've also seen lots of them in New York, especially in Central Park. They're often quite good. I think sometimes music students go there just to play together for a while and get some extra money.
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