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Ustronie Morskie is my favourite winter destination
We learn our whole life and this month I’ve learned that travelling with your kid by yourself is way easier that dealing with everything at home when your partner is away. It may be January speaking, but most probably not.
T. was absent from our home routine, which means that I stayed home alone with Mia. Before he left I assured him that it’s all good. I didn’t even think about it. We have known each other with Mia for 4 years already, we’ve been on the road together numerous times and we know how to be home without him. Easy. And then he left. I woke up in the morning, 6am per usual, made my coffee, worked a bit, prepared breakfast for Mia, woke her up, chilled with her over a breakfast, dressed her, brushed everything that needed to be brushed, walked her to the kindergarten, worked some more, made lunch for Mia, picked her up from the kindergarten, did some grocery shopping, played like crazy with Mia and created award winning ballerina dance, made her a dinner, put her to bed, fell asleep with her. Then did more or less the same thing for the next 8 days. If there’s anyone thinking that travelling by yourself with your kid is difficult, I’d like to straight it up. It is not, but staying with your kid at home and doing everything without any help, is. Once again huge, enormous respect to all you mothers and fathers who do it on the everyday basis. My admiration to you does not end.
When T. came back, I was tired. It wasn’t the end of the world, but I felt like I could definitely get some rest. T. was jet lagged, which means tired as well. So we’ve decided to pack our car and go somewhere to make it easy for both of us. It was not easier because we went to a hotel with service, or because we did not cook. It was easier, because we were in a new, exciting place and because everything was new and exciting to Mia. She loved the big windows facing the sea. She loved the apartment and she began the adventure by discovering it. She came up with dozens of games she included us in, we did not always want to be included, but we obviously took part in each single one of them. The next morning I got up at 6am and worked a bit with tiny breaks to look through the big window. She woke up, I made some pancakes and we had them in bed, while looking through the same window. Then we had a walk along the beach, a long walk. We met with a very nice person and came back home to sit in front of that window and to play a game with Mia. On Sunday it was time to go back home and I was so relaxed after this 1,5 day, that I did not mind.
I talk a lot about my travels with Mia, mostly, because I get many questions. As I see it, being on the road with Mia is easy. There’s plenty of excitement on both sides, there are extremely beautiful views involved, beaches, food, people and time with my future BFF Mia (I’m totally working on it from the day 1). But staying home alone with the coolest kid in the world with all the obligations of the everyday life and lacking the usual help you get, is not easy at all. These were only 8 days and I definitely managed, so no biggie. I also knew when my life teammate will come back. If you have a single parent friend, go and tell them that they are superheroes and ask how you can help.
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The place we stayed at is Boulevard Ustronie Morskie. They have great apartments, but the ultimate advantage is waking up with the sea just outside of your window.
We cooked for ourselves, but we managed to visit two places, both of them delicious.
Resturacja Lampert – my nr 1 in the area. They honestly serve delicious food. Try the duck! Yummy menu for children was a big help. They also serve a regional beer, cheers.
Molo Busola – located on a pier above the sea. The view from this place is spectacular and you HAVE to try their tea with a raspberry confiture. I regret that I did not steal a jar for home. I hope that one day they will sell it.
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I’m a single mom, two kids (8&6), full-time job, ‘I deserve a medal’ – this is what I say to myself every day.
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doing everything relating to parenting alone can be very overwhelming indeed.
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oh yes it is
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What a great view! Love being right next to the sea — so relaxing. 🙂