Do Passions Take Vacation?

The next two weeks I'll be on vacation -- traveling to Brussels, Amsterdam, Bath, Luxembourg. We'll take a ferry across the English channel and return through the Chunnel. We'll party in Amsterdam and meditate at Stonehenge.

I'm wondering if my writing life will also take a vacation. I think the answer is "No!"

I'm already wondering what interesting stories I'll hear, what books of folktales I can buy, what history I'll learn.

I think when we are passionate about something, we never take a vacation from it. We take vacations away from "work", earning a living, coping with deadlines and stress. We don't vacation from the passions of our life; we embrace the new adventures.

We're going to Bath, England. I feel like I've been there before, so I expect some sort of story will capture my imagination and get her playing excitedly.

I'll let you know if anything exciting comes along on this vacation.

What about you? When you go on vacation, do you leave your hobby, your passion behind?