"Aristotle wrote: "You have to know when to stop. Yet we find it increasingly difficult to cut back when we're on vacation.
Do we still know how to go on vacation? I'm writing these lines just as I'm getting back into the swing of things, and I'm not quite sure that I've succeeded with mine. Indeed, I return with the unpleasant feeling of not having managed to "cut it".
And yet, all the conditions were optimal: sublime locations, favorable weather, dolce vita. But in my opinion, a "successful" vacation depends on the ability to empty one's mind, to go from fullness to nothing: farniente, fare niente, doing nothing. But this year...
