What Now?

We are currently in the town of Riquewihr, which is a small Medieval hamlet in the Alsace region of France.

I have seen signs that some of the buildings and walls date back to the 1400's, which is pretty amazing.

The problem is, once again, we have hit a wall, and we have had to admit that, for whatever reason, we are just not enjoying this trip as much as we'd hoped. Maybe we just were too ambitious as far as the amount of time that we planned to be away, or maybe a trip like this wasn't actually what we needed at this point in our lives.

I don't know. I just know that at this moment, we are both physically and emotionally drained and exhausted, which is the last thing you'd expect to have happen when you're on vacation! But really, I suppose, this isn't a vacation. It's not like a week in Maui where you just sit on the beach and relax because you know soon you will be back in "the real world".

This is a whole different experience, and it's possible we have just hit our limit. As of right now, we don't want to do anything, we don't want to eat anything, we're stressed out trying to figure out what to do and where to go next, we're in and out of hotels and all over the place, and we're sick of the busloads of tourists which seem to be everywhere we go. In short, I think we're just tired. We seem to have hit our limit. I don't even feel like drinking any wine, which makes me incredibly sad. On top of which, we're both worn out from being sick.

Basically we have reached a bit of a crossroads: do we keep going and hope it will get better and potentially just keep sending good money after bad, or do we pack it in and head home and save the money we haven't spent for a fabulous trip to Tuscany or the Italian Lakes some time next year?

We are going to take the next few days here in Alsace to just rest and relax, cook our own food and see how we feel.

It would just be a shame if we were unable to enjoy somewhere like Italy because we're too burnt out.

Thoughts??