Family Holidays
Back in the 80s when my Dad got made redundant (hello Dad!), he spent all the redundancy money on one of those big motor caravans.
Us kids loved it, apart from when my sister threw up on my sleeping bag, but looking back I'm not so sure my mum did. There was a certain tension every time the big van was even mentioned, let alone driven around France for weeks on end with her still having to cook and do all the washing.
What went wrong, what went right, and how did you survive the shame of having your family with you as a teenager?
( , Thu 2 Aug 2007, 14:33)
Back in the 80s when my Dad got made redundant (hello Dad!), he spent all the redundancy money on one of those big motor caravans.
Us kids loved it, apart from when my sister threw up on my sleeping bag, but looking back I'm not so sure my mum did. There was a certain tension every time the big van was even mentioned, let alone driven around France for weeks on end with her still having to cook and do all the washing.
What went wrong, what went right, and how did you survive the shame of having your family with you as a teenager?
( , Thu 2 Aug 2007, 14:33)
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Hello everyone from sunny Holland, first Post ever on B3ta so be nice !
1. We went on a family holiday to the south of France camping. I was about 7 years old I think. OK, it's lunchtime so I sit around the table with my brother on these little fold out seats. Now the ground is both hard and uneven so it's all a little unstable. We are having soup with that nice long french stick things. Powder soup ! Mom puts the powder in the bowl and goes to get the kettle as it is whistling, pours water in and gives it a stir. I then wait as the water is 99 C. I loose my balance messing around with my brother grab the table and it goes all over my legs, from that point it's all a blur really I remember a lot of people running over as I was screaming my head off but at some point a big German nurse who was also at the site heard me, ran over and picked me up and just ran with me under her arm. Next thing I am being held under some water tap by her. Fair play no real long term damage so I suppose I owe her one.
2. We went by Coach for a family holiday to somewhere close to St Tropez. Quite a long way from my home town of Birmingham UK. Anyway we are somewhere in France and it's dark, I am happily asleep shoes and socks off...all good ! I don't know how or why the next bit happened but I had got my middle toe resting on a part underneath the seat in front. The woman in front decided to recline her chair a few inches, no problem except my toe was in the small cogs that control the recline. So i woke with her pushing the seat backwards crushing my toe, I screamed so hard the coach driver pulled over and it took 30 seconds of agony before everyone worked it out.
Not spectacular but I feel a weight has been lifted, first post done :-)
( , Tue 7 Aug 2007, 12:13, Reply)
Hello everyone from sunny Holland, first Post ever on B3ta so be nice !
1. We went on a family holiday to the south of France camping. I was about 7 years old I think. OK, it's lunchtime so I sit around the table with my brother on these little fold out seats. Now the ground is both hard and uneven so it's all a little unstable. We are having soup with that nice long french stick things. Powder soup ! Mom puts the powder in the bowl and goes to get the kettle as it is whistling, pours water in and gives it a stir. I then wait as the water is 99 C. I loose my balance messing around with my brother grab the table and it goes all over my legs, from that point it's all a blur really I remember a lot of people running over as I was screaming my head off but at some point a big German nurse who was also at the site heard me, ran over and picked me up and just ran with me under her arm. Next thing I am being held under some water tap by her. Fair play no real long term damage so I suppose I owe her one.
2. We went by Coach for a family holiday to somewhere close to St Tropez. Quite a long way from my home town of Birmingham UK. Anyway we are somewhere in France and it's dark, I am happily asleep shoes and socks off...all good ! I don't know how or why the next bit happened but I had got my middle toe resting on a part underneath the seat in front. The woman in front decided to recline her chair a few inches, no problem except my toe was in the small cogs that control the recline. So i woke with her pushing the seat backwards crushing my toe, I screamed so hard the coach driver pulled over and it took 30 seconds of agony before everyone worked it out.
Not spectacular but I feel a weight has been lifted, first post done :-)
( , Tue 7 Aug 2007, 12:13, Reply)
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