You must have heard about the beautiful Italian concept of “La Dolce Far Niente” if you’ve read Elizabeth Gilbert’s book (Eat, Pray, Love) or saw a movie based on it. It simply means the sweetness and beauty of doing nothing. I got it right this time. In Galle. A perfect and meticulously planned itinerary has been a centerpiece of all my travels. Leaving the hotel just after early breakfast and coming back, exhausted, just in time for dinner. Ticking places off the list has always been the prime aim of my holidays. The tradition continued till I tasted the sweetness of doing nothing on a beach holiday in Sri Lanka. “There’s a Marine Archeological Museum nearby, I said as I spelled out the Galle itinerary, “and a beautiful Dutch Church. The museum would be a learning experience for our little daughter, what say?” Hubby gave a brief look at me while lazing on a beach and then continued looking at our daughter who was busy writing in the sand and enjoying as the waves washed it away. I gazed at the shoreline with golden sand washed by emerald green waves intermittently and the sun making the endless ocean look like an authentic gemstone. I […]

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