When my girlfriend proposed that we take a sailing vacation together, I was not thrilled about the idea. We are as different as night and day in many respects. We do not have the same ideas about romantic places at all. For her, the best place to get away from it all is in the middle of the wilderness. My idea of a romantic place, however, is Manhattan. We balance each other out pretty well, but it makes things difficult when we have to decide on vacations. Usually, we take turns, but this time I wasn't sure if I could abide by her decision. You see, sailing holidays scared the pants off me. Although everyone in the pictures from her sailing holiday pamphlet appeared to be having a good time, all I could think about was that they were just awaiting their inevitable death beneath the waves. I knew that the Greek sailing holidays company that she was considering had a pretty good safety record (I researched them at length) but even still, I could not get over my fear of not having land beneath my feet. I had never been on a sail boat trip before – even a small one. What would happen if I found out that being aboard a ship made me sea sick? Were the people who spent their entire sailing holidays throwing up over the edge of the ship? Would I be the first? In the end, however, I had to give in. After all, I was planning a trip to London the next year. I knew that if I vetoed her decision, she would veto mine. Before we knew it, we would give up vacations entirely. I didn't want things to get to that point. Getting on the boat, I was practically shaking. She had to hold my hand! Within a couple hours of starting the trip, however, something strange happened: I calmed down. I actually had a great time aboard the sailboat. There were many interesting people there to talk to, and there's something very soothing about the endless rocking of the waves. We didn't have any bad weather the whole time. If anything, it was a bit too mild. That made for days of gentle sailing and nights of calm, restful sleep. All in all, I couldn't have asked more of my sailing holidays. If she enjoys London half as much, we'll have a lovely trip next summer.

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