My brother-in-law Paul and his gorgeous wife Samantha have been visiting Istria for many years. Istria is in the northern part of Croatia, the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea, and is located directly opposite Venice, Italy. Samantha's parents migrated from there many years ago, and Samantha is always keen to go back and visit her cousins, aunts and uncles and her elderly grandparents. Paul has raved about the beauty of the country and thought it would be a novel idea if his siblings, their wives/ husbands and nieces and nephews were to travel together and share the wonderful experiences that he, Samantha and their young son Finn have been so fortunate to have had so many times.
Sounds simple doesn't it.
Paul is one of 5 children, and each sibling is married. Each sibling has at least 2 children, some of these nieces / nephews are still in school, some are studying at university, some are working, and there is a cousin or two that would like to join the fun. This equates to trying to get 12 adults, and up to 11 children, i.e. nieces and nephews, trying to find a mutual holiday when everybody could attend. Obviously this was NEVER going to happen; some are studying for looming exams, some can't get away from work, so the final count is 11 adults, and 7 nephews. Pretty good really, NOW the fun will begin.
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