Quick getaway

The day after my family left, Brian and I took a short trip with our teammates for our annual retreat. Last year the retreat was a lot of work because we had to take and prepare all of our food, clean everything before we left and we were miles from civilization. Our cell phones didn't even work! (I know, the horror!) But this year we decided to take it easy and we stayed a few days at a hotel in the countryside.

This place was a Kinder hotel, which means they have a lot of cool stuff for kids. And even though Brian and I don't have any kids, we can totally appreciate the kid-friendliness of the hotel. For example, there was a playroom connected to the dining room, so the kids could play until their food was served, join us at the table to eat their meal, then go back to play while we took our time enjoying the food and company. I think these were the most relaxing meals we've had as a team in the past five years.

And even though he's not really a kid , Brian seemed to enjoy several of the attractions. Here he is dominating the bounce castle,...


philosophizing with the pony,...


beating up the goat,...


and then making friends with the goats.


If it weren't for that one altercation with the goat, it would have been a perfect trip.