In my last holidays in Portugal (which ended in the last Tuesday) I decided that after December I'm gonna start putting my days off together and take at least 3 days a month to start traveling alone to visit the European Capitals unknown to me.
In June I visited Amsterdam, I also visited Madrid and in Andorra I already spent 4 days.
Lisbon and London of course are not in my list! :)
The idea of travel alone I still don't know if is a good idea but to find someone that have the same availability as me I don't know if will be easy, but won't be a problem.
To travel , don't speaking about the cultural and fun part is a an amazing tool to clean our mind and for those who work almost 24h directly with people, this is very important. Decreases the probability of collapse.
So until Janeiro I will work without much rest days (not counting the Christmas holidays) and then will begin the adventure.