Many moons ago, an emperor named Shah Jahan was so grifstricken when one of his beloved wives died while giving birth that he decided to dedicate a building in her honor. Some 20,000 folks worked like slaves for two decades. Tah dah! The Taj Mahal was born.
Now, that’s romantic.
Some of you may be that lucky, but for the rest of us, not so.
Yet, we all have that memorable trip full of romantic sparks. Maybe that person wasn’t special before the trip, but became so afterwards. (Boom! OMG, where had you been all my life!)
Do you recall your romantic getaway? Were there stars, chirping birds and cupid arrows? Did he surprise you by proposing? Did she say yes?
What happened? What was so special about that trip, lovers?
June 1 marked the starting line for our summer vacation story contest. Every two weeks, we’ll focus on a different category of vacation memories. You share your stories. We’ll pick three and during the second week we’ll let readers decide whose is best. Last …
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My husband booked a trip for us to the beautiful Caribbean Island of Dutch St. Maartin for a week. Everything on the flight from Atlanta was uneventful until we landed. When we exited the plane down an open staircase onto the tarmac in St. Maartin, a small cinder blew into my eye.
Spring Break 2007, my family and I were on a short getaway to Helen. My kids wanted to swim, so we found a hotel with an indoor pool since it was kind of chilly. We paid cash for a two-night stay, went to our room and changed to go to the pool.
My wife and I just returned from our annual vacation at our condo in Daytona – the vacation that’s now known in family lore as “The Vacation from Hell!” This vacation was months in the planning as we also invited my wife’s brother, his wife and our one year old nephew and my wife’s parents. Schedules had to be arranged and re-arranged, my wife postponed a much needed surgical procedure, and I took final exams a week early all in an attempt to achieve the impossible. Finally we were able to assemble all the pieces of the puzzle and make the necessary arrangements.
June 1 marked the starting line for our summer vacation story contest. Every two weeks, we’ll focus on a different category of vacation memories. You share your stories. We’ll pick three and during the second week we’ll let readers decide whose is best. Last week’s theme was family trips.
By Ed Fussell of Lawrenceville
