Away from home for a while. We go away for a weeke...

Away from home for a while. We go away for a weekend with our family with four children about once a year. Usually we go to one of the parks in Landal. Not high quality, but affordable off season and you know what you are getting for your money. Now that the oldest children have obtained their swimming diplomas, we thought it was time for a step up. So it once became Center parks. For the first time. What a deception that was.

When I entered, tears came to my eyes. Not yet consciously, by the way, but because of the mild house dust allergy that is usually fine to live with. We wanted to have a good time so we went the extra mile for a premium cottage.
The premium cottage.
I estimate that this house was built somewhere in the 1980s. And never maintained since then. Rotten window frames, spider webs, loose doors and above all very, very dusty. Old is okay, but rotten window frames and above all very dirty testify to disrespect for me as a heavily paying guest.
It is that we do not want to disappoint the children, but otherwise we would have returned home straight away. We are a healthy family, but everyone here has wheezing lungs and a runny nose as soon as you walk in the door.

Aquamundo. The swimming pool. Awesome! It is a beautiful and adventurous bath. Too bad it is so busy that you literally stumble. Does the whole area also come here to swim?
No, I really do not understand where the hype of Centerparcs comes from, and how this can be reconciled with the rather hefty price that you have to pay below the line. No, never again Centerparcs for us.