The Round Table - Vacation?

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

There are a few episodes where a reference is made or a scene supports the idea that our agents do indeed take vacations.  In Terbuf the two are together in Italy, one would assume at the end of a mission.  In the Foxes and Hounds Affair Napoleon is just returning from a vacation when he is put to work without any idea of the details.
A lot of fiction has the two pretty much joined at the hip as they spend all of their off hours together.  The question then is, do you think these two men would have been together in their off time as a matter of friendship, lack of other social contacts...?  I know there is that other POV but I'm not talking about a physical relationship.  I just wonder if we have it right about their abiding loyalty on and off the job.
Devil's Advocate time, but I'm thinking they have a lot of time apart when given the choice, if for no other reason than the need to decompress from the job.
Anyone?

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[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Absence and distance can make the heart grow fonder, no matter what one's perception may be. These are men whose lives are intense, and that usually requires time out from whatever falls within that environment.