Sometimes you need to do many, many things. Wake up, walk into town, have breakfast, wander back home, get showered, pack a bag, drive to a theme park, ride the haunted house, eat a burger, get soaked on the rapids, dry off on the fastest coaster there, recover on a bench, ride another coaster, recover on another bench, rinse and repeat. It’s what me and Cami got up to last time I was in Zierikzee, the Dutch town she now resides in.

But sometimes, you just need to do nothing.

Doing nothing every now and then is great, but doing nothing in good company is even better. There’s nobody else I’d rather browse some shops or get lost in the woods with than Cami. We can chat until the cows come home and we can sit comfortably in silence, each of us lining up coloured bobbins on a new mobile game that she got me hooked on.

There’s also the place. Zierikzee is exactly the spot you’d choose if you wanted a few days of doing sweet sod all. Surrounded by water, there’s a calm air about the town. There’s hardly any cars or throngs of people hogging the streets. And what streets: every single building is drop dead gorgeous. Combine all this with some summer sun, and you’re on to a winner.

Contrast is the spice of life. One year me and Cami are out on adventures, the next we’re relaxing. Either way, we have a wonderful time.