Отдых с детьми и отдых от детей, что иногда тоже на пользу Holidays with children and rest from children, which is sometimes also beneficial

A few memories of the past summer. Every year we definitely go on vacation with the whole family, we always choose hotels with a good level of service, with entertainment for children and good food. Previously, they took only their eldest daughter with them (she is already 10 years old), but this time they also went with their 1.5-year-old son. We chose Club Med Palmiye, recently I heard more and more about their resorts from friends, they especially praise their children's clubs and entertainment, so we decided to try it.
I liked the hotel, good location, beautiful landscape, warm and clear sea, super atmosphere, variety of sports (tennis, fitness, aqua aerobics, trapeze like in a circus, sailing, archery... ). Very cool, friendly guys on water skis (Eva and Burak), thanks to them for the drive and our separation.
We took a tour with a flight, so the transfer was included immediately. The transfer, when we arrived, was waiting for us, no delays, the hotel was very hospitably greeted and settled quite quickly, I was directly surprised, usually you have to wait.

Those same kids clubs that I heard so much about turned out to be just wonderful. The daughter with the guys of about the same age stayed in the club for the whole day, up to 5 hours. She tried all possible sports, they take the children to classes in an organized manner, they teach water skiing, archery and everything else that, in principle, the hotel has. They put on a small theatrical production with them, and then they showed it to us at the evening show program.
They also arranged various competitions, quests, master classes, periodically attracted parents so that the whole family would have fun together. In general, great. My daughter is delighted, she speaks English well, we devote a lot of time to learning the language, so she had no problems with communication. For those who do not know the language at all, it may be difficult, but there is a GO who speaks Russian, so everything is solved.
With my son, too, it turned out to be easier than I expected. I was worried about giving such a kid to the club, he still doesn’t speak plainly, and he is too attached to me, but, fortunately, everything went smoothly. The first couple of days she brought it for a short time, then she left it longer and longer. As a result, he spent the last days there all day. Good babysitting: walk, feed, put to bed, play with them. They have a small playground fenced in, so it's safe. Every day, GO tells how the child spent the day, I was satisfied, about 3-4 days my degree of anxiety decreased, and I was able to relax to the fullest.
My husband and I managed to go water skiing, right now this is my love of life, and for a very long time I just lay by the pool in a zen zone where children are not allowed where it is relatively quiet and you can just lie down and relax. And I also went to the spa for scrubbing and massage (they already paid for the procedures on the spot), it’s just divine, they do it well, you can’t find fault.
We had one small trouble, my husband injured his leg, slightly, but still turned to the nurse. The nurse is very pleasant and tries to help everything she can, she treated her husband's wound, sealed everything neatly, gave recommendations, and even then she was interested in his well-being.

As for the minuses in the hotel, there were none for me, although I am quite picky. Perhaps this is because they really unloaded me with the children and gave me the opportunity to relax, which I didn’t even count on to such an extent. Thanks to the entire Club Med team and Chef Natalie for our stay.