A wonderful weekend spent in Tagaytay (at the Taal Vista Hotel) has gotten me thinking about the rejuvenating power of vacations. And about the sense of release we feel when freed from chores, cares and aggravations.

It struck me in a flash that one rewarding way of looking at President Aquino’s 12-day trip to Europe and America (which starts this Saturday, September13 and ends on September 24) is to consider it as our people’s vacation from him and his feckless presidency.