This was our first full day in Tenerife so we had breakfast in the room and wondered down to meet the rep for the welcome meeting. The family meeting was first (we decided to go to both the family one and the young and lively one as we wanted to do more than just get pissed). We saw a couple of things we wanted to do, I would have liked to have gone up the volcano but sitting in a stuffy coach lost its appeal pretty quickly. Anyway we waited for the other meeting which was an hour away before buying any event tickets.
So we sat by the pool and had a swim (the pool was lush!) and then went to the young peoples meeting which was surprisingly 99% female! We chose 4 out of the 2 meetings of things we defiantly wanted to do which came to 102euros which wasn't too bad really and would leave us with approx 200 each for the whole week. We went upstairs to get our money and Marn freaked out because she'd lost about 150euros! We knew it had to be in the apartment, I knew she must have hidden it somewhere because we didn't have a safe on the first day. While Marnie was freaking out me and Bex went back downstairs to wait for her to find it. Luckily Marn did find it, she'd hidden some in her purse silly girl! So we paid for a day in a water park, a booze cruise and two nights out on a bar crawl. Our rep, Frankie, was really lovely she kept calling me baby haha! And she gave us some great advice on the water park and stuff.
The rest of that day was basically spent lying by the pool and soaking up some sun. We cooked ourselves some pasta for dinner and decides to check out Tramps tonight. We got all dressed up and I was so excited. Tramps was meant to be the best nightclub on the island and on wednesdays it was free so we thought why not! Marnie however, did not feel well at all. There was something wrong with her stomach and she wasn't sure if she even wanted to go out. But we kind of had to because we needed to find a bar called Leonardos because we were meeting there for the booze cruise the very next day. So we set off to find the two bars. We went in the wrong direction the first time and met a lot of very scary people. Everyone there tries to tempt you into their bar or restarant but one guy was trying to put his arm round Marnie! Fucking arsehole. It's funny how all the black men are trying to sell you fake watches and sunglasses and all the chinese people try to sell you rave stuff like glasses that light up! The problem is, drunk people buy these things...idiots.
Eventually we found Leonardos and Tramps was just up ahead. We got cornered by a girl the same age as us but she looked a lot older, in a nurse costume. I knew she worked at Tramps because it was a doctors and nurses night. Of course she tried to sell us a drinks deal which was good value for money and she was very nice but none of us felt like drinking because Marnie felt ill and Bex doesn't drink anyway. She seemed annoyed when we declined her when we got there but oh well! Outside the club they had a girl in a very skimpy nurse costume dancing in a slightly raised podium of course Marnie and Bex complained but it didn't really bother me. There were various girls walking around as nurses selling shots and stuff and they were all very friendly and nice. We sat down just outside Tramps coz Marn did not feel well at all. The club wasn't open yet because it opened at 12 and stayed open until 6am! None of us felt like clubbing now because we were knackered from walking from getting lost and getting pestered by people which we weren't used to. So we decided to walk home and come back another night because from the outside, Tramps looked great. We also thought that we might come here on the bar crawl (we were right!). Me and Bex always have epic long discussions about a variety of subjects in which we talk about our own friends and stuff so we had one of these almost every day! She talks about her mates at church and I end up talking about the minions! Especially Alex because he somehow became a runnign joke the whole holiday because he's much like Bex, hyper, funny and just doesn't care, qualities I adore in both of them! So Bex suddenly decided she wanted to be Alex's best friend ha! Oh dear...funny times.
Wednesday, 15 July 2009
Day 1- Arriving at Tenerife
So the day started off getting up at stupid-o'clock to leave for Gatwick airport. My dad picked up Marnie and then Bex and then we were off on our way. Me and Bex were excited but Marnie seemed rather worried. She was most worried about her ears because she knows they get bad of airplanes because of the pressure and she'd forgot her ear spray. I also noticed she had her mobile phone. Bad mistake for many reasons, the first being it's good to detatch yourself from home, if you stay in contact with home it can make you more homesick, you kinda need the independance sometimes. Secondly, I didn't want her to be texting her boyfriend the whole holiday and she often gets stressed out with him. But anyway, it was her choice.
The flight was nice and smooth, there were no delays but it was a 4 hours flight which isn't too bad but it did get rather boring at times, luckily Bex had brought a puzzle book so I did that most of the journey as I finished reading Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas which was a brilliant book by the way. It was super quick and easy to get out of the airport and hop in the coach which takes everyone to their hotels. The coach journey was quite quick and we enjoyed the scenery as we were driven to our hotel Parque de la Paz in Playa de las americas. When we got to our apartment we decided to dump our stuff off and head to the supermarket to buy food and water because you can't drink the water in Tenerife as it has too many minerals in and will therefore make you ill as we're not used to it. But I felt faint as soon as we got in our room, I lied down on the sofa to recover and I thought I'd be fine as soon as we got out of the apartment and got some water. So we grabbed some money and rushed out but I started feeling sick, I was gagging but not throwing up, I decided I wouldn't be able to walk with them as I could bearly stand up so Marn and Bex went by themselves, leaving me on the sofa. I knew what it was, I'm super sensitive to heat and we'd just left a very cold England plus I hadn't really had enough to eat or drink all day so that didn't help.
Luckily my friends found a vending machine with water in so they brought me some and then went to the supermarket. I felt fine when they came back. I was very glad, I didn't want to be ill on holiday! We were hungry so we had a pizza they brought from the shop. The cooker was a bit tricky to use and we weren't sure if it was even working! Stupidly, Marnie put her hand into the cooker to see if it was hot and burnt her arm! She had a little scar she kept complaining about but it was her own fault!
We didn't do much that day as we arrived in the afternoon and surprisingly there was no time difference over there! Our apartment was lovely, we had TWO balconys! There were two single beds pushed together and two sofas so we took it in turns for one of us to sleep on the sofa which was very comfy anyway. The bathroom was decent, we had a great shower but sometimes there was little hot water. After we'd eaten we changed into our bikinis and decided to check out the beach that was literally 2 minutes down the road, we didn't realise how close we were! It was lovely warm sand and a cool sea. Because we went in the evening it wasn't crazy hot it was just right but still very sunny. When it got too cold we decided to find a resturant to eat as it was our first night and it just had to be done! We found a very cheap place where you could sit outside but under a tent type thing. Crazily enough it was 3euros for a cheeseburger, chips and coke! The burger didn't really taste like a burger, it was more like sausage meat as the meat was actually pink when you bit into it but it was still okay for the price and it didn't make us ill so it must have been ok!
We went back to the hotel afterwards and checked out the evenings entertainment which was a very pretty lady called Cara, she sung there almost every night and she was okay but it wasn't our sort of thing so we headed back to the hotel room and played cards for a bit. There were some blokes next door to us who were really funny! Chavy, but funny. I started singing "Are you ready for love?" and they sung back! Ha! And when we played cards Marn asked "What are we playing?" and I joked "Strip poker" and the boys shouted "Can we come round and join in?". At least we thought they were funny until they woke us up at about 3am shouting and swearing and slamming doors with reception ringing them every five minutes telling them to shut up. We didn't like them so much after that...it disrupted Marnie's sleep but luckily I was SO knackered I slept through most of it.
The flight was nice and smooth, there were no delays but it was a 4 hours flight which isn't too bad but it did get rather boring at times, luckily Bex had brought a puzzle book so I did that most of the journey as I finished reading Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas which was a brilliant book by the way. It was super quick and easy to get out of the airport and hop in the coach which takes everyone to their hotels. The coach journey was quite quick and we enjoyed the scenery as we were driven to our hotel Parque de la Paz in Playa de las americas. When we got to our apartment we decided to dump our stuff off and head to the supermarket to buy food and water because you can't drink the water in Tenerife as it has too many minerals in and will therefore make you ill as we're not used to it. But I felt faint as soon as we got in our room, I lied down on the sofa to recover and I thought I'd be fine as soon as we got out of the apartment and got some water. So we grabbed some money and rushed out but I started feeling sick, I was gagging but not throwing up, I decided I wouldn't be able to walk with them as I could bearly stand up so Marn and Bex went by themselves, leaving me on the sofa. I knew what it was, I'm super sensitive to heat and we'd just left a very cold England plus I hadn't really had enough to eat or drink all day so that didn't help.
Luckily my friends found a vending machine with water in so they brought me some and then went to the supermarket. I felt fine when they came back. I was very glad, I didn't want to be ill on holiday! We were hungry so we had a pizza they brought from the shop. The cooker was a bit tricky to use and we weren't sure if it was even working! Stupidly, Marnie put her hand into the cooker to see if it was hot and burnt her arm! She had a little scar she kept complaining about but it was her own fault!
We didn't do much that day as we arrived in the afternoon and surprisingly there was no time difference over there! Our apartment was lovely, we had TWO balconys! There were two single beds pushed together and two sofas so we took it in turns for one of us to sleep on the sofa which was very comfy anyway. The bathroom was decent, we had a great shower but sometimes there was little hot water. After we'd eaten we changed into our bikinis and decided to check out the beach that was literally 2 minutes down the road, we didn't realise how close we were! It was lovely warm sand and a cool sea. Because we went in the evening it wasn't crazy hot it was just right but still very sunny. When it got too cold we decided to find a resturant to eat as it was our first night and it just had to be done! We found a very cheap place where you could sit outside but under a tent type thing. Crazily enough it was 3euros for a cheeseburger, chips and coke! The burger didn't really taste like a burger, it was more like sausage meat as the meat was actually pink when you bit into it but it was still okay for the price and it didn't make us ill so it must have been ok!
We went back to the hotel afterwards and checked out the evenings entertainment which was a very pretty lady called Cara, she sung there almost every night and she was okay but it wasn't our sort of thing so we headed back to the hotel room and played cards for a bit. There were some blokes next door to us who were really funny! Chavy, but funny. I started singing "Are you ready for love?" and they sung back! Ha! And when we played cards Marn asked "What are we playing?" and I joked "Strip poker" and the boys shouted "Can we come round and join in?". At least we thought they were funny until they woke us up at about 3am shouting and swearing and slamming doors with reception ringing them every five minutes telling them to shut up. We didn't like them so much after that...it disrupted Marnie's sleep but luckily I was SO knackered I slept through most of it.
I'm baaaaaack!
Well I'm back from holiday and I've had a fantastic time. There was drama, tears but mainly, lots and lots of smiles and the few problems we had? I think we all enjoyed the holiday enough to get over those! Anyway, I shall be posting later a day-to-day account of what we did (of what I can't remember/most important bits) so for now this is only a short blog but watch this space!
Minxy x
Minxy x
Monday, 6 July 2009
My last post...
Until the 15th I suppose! Wish I could document each day abroad, would be easier but I won't have internet access. It's probably a good thing, I need to disconnect myself. I come back on the 14th but I won't be home until very late, well about 10-11pm there abouts. I've packed everything, had a panic about my bikini but mum found it, it was left in a suitcase in the loft! My suitcase is stuffed full but it's only a small one. Pretty sure I've got everything, gone through the checklist and everything is A-ok. My dad is picking up Bex and Marnie at 6:30 tomorrow morning and then we are off! Luckily there should be no panic about getting there because the tickets actually say at least one hour before flight (to check in), usually it's 2 hours so we've allowed ourselves enough time. There will probably be a lot of waiting round at the airport but at least we'll be safe for time.
So that's it, goodbye, fairwell, au revoir, adios, etc. Bye loyal readers! Xxx
GOING ON HOLIDAY TOMORROW!
I can't fucking wait. My dad took the liberty of going round to Marnies to write the details on the tickets, Marnies mum ended up letting him have them! Bless him, I think my parents are secretly worried. I woke up to a very nice phonecall this morning, always good! I'm so going to miss some people! But I guess it's only a week, it will probably go super quick and it will be nice to come back after being away. I've already packed everything, just need to decide what I'm going to wear tomorrow and a couple of other things. Shall ask my mum for advice. Mums are good at that sort of thing.
2 more BSSA emblems to get today and Resi then I shall be satified before going away and then when I come back me and Stewie are going to do co-op and do it on vetran mode because I would like the trophy but I'm going to need some help! Should be a laugh with headsets on and stuff. We've done some Resi 5 stuff together before and it's always been really funny so I can't wait! I'm becoming a bit of a trophy whore aren't I? Oh well. It's fun!
Not much to write about today really, I'm just crazy excited and I'll be nervous tomorrow, with too much time to kill, trying to keep Marnie calm as I know she will be dramatic about everything as usual. Apparently when we land her ears pop because of the pressure. Greeeaaaatt. I hope I don't have to sit next to her! It sounds mean but she said herself she turns into a bitch because it hurts so much. Which is kind of fair enough but still...
Might have more to document later but I doubt it, for now, goodbye!
Currently listening to- Hanna Pakarinen-how can I miss you
"Just because I like you, don't mean I need you. You don't have to be here everyday. Just because I'm with you, don't mean I have to. I don't mean to diss you but how can I miss you if you never go away?"
2 more BSSA emblems to get today and Resi then I shall be satified before going away and then when I come back me and Stewie are going to do co-op and do it on vetran mode because I would like the trophy but I'm going to need some help! Should be a laugh with headsets on and stuff. We've done some Resi 5 stuff together before and it's always been really funny so I can't wait! I'm becoming a bit of a trophy whore aren't I? Oh well. It's fun!
Not much to write about today really, I'm just crazy excited and I'll be nervous tomorrow, with too much time to kill, trying to keep Marnie calm as I know she will be dramatic about everything as usual. Apparently when we land her ears pop because of the pressure. Greeeaaaatt. I hope I don't have to sit next to her! It sounds mean but she said herself she turns into a bitch because it hurts so much. Which is kind of fair enough but still...
Might have more to document later but I doubt it, for now, goodbye!
Currently listening to- Hanna Pakarinen-how can I miss you
"Just because I like you, don't mean I need you. You don't have to be here everyday. Just because I'm with you, don't mean I have to. I don't mean to diss you but how can I miss you if you never go away?"
Sunday, 5 July 2009
2 days...
Today my family and I went to the cinema to check out the new 3D screen at our cinema. So we went to see Ice Age 3, I know, I'm such a kid but I love it. Many of my friends think this is childish but it's better than seeing a ridiculous Romantic comedy! At least family films (pixar ones anyway) have real humour in them. So yes, the film was very good, although I think they have exhausted the series now, if they make another one, I won't go and see it. The 3D was quite impressive too, not as good as the IMAX of course but still pretty amazing for a cinema to pull off. We got to keep the cool nerd style 3D glasses too. Of course, you have to pay extra to see a film in 3D which my dad moaned about a million times. I did try to explain to him that the projector probably cost thousands of pounds and making a 3D film print would be extra expensive too...
I have to pack tomorrow, it's my last full day in England. I hate packing, I always worry I've forgotten something extremely important but I'm sure I won't. I know I'll be stressing out tomorrow, and the next day. I won't be able to sleep, I haven't slept well the past three nights anyway for unknown reasons! I have to get up at 5:30, I'm going to be knackered. I hope the others aren't late, my dad is picking them up because he's driving us there. If they're late I know I will freak out. I will try to stay calm though, I'm usually a calm person but when you're going on holiday without any adults to look after anything for you, it's a bit hard not to panic a little. I'm sure it will all be fine. I'm going to miss people though, it will be good to get a break from certain people! Plus no PS3 for a week! Aaaaahhh! Meh, I've coped for longer before. I just hope there are no arguements on holiday, we never argue at home so I can't see that being an issue! Plus me, Marn and Bex are all fun-loving and free kind of people so I'm sure we'll get on fine on holiday. Anyway, I should stop worrying and just get on with it! Not looking foward to packing tomorrow...
2 more BSSA emblems to get in Resi 5! Trophies FTW! :)
I have to pack tomorrow, it's my last full day in England. I hate packing, I always worry I've forgotten something extremely important but I'm sure I won't. I know I'll be stressing out tomorrow, and the next day. I won't be able to sleep, I haven't slept well the past three nights anyway for unknown reasons! I have to get up at 5:30, I'm going to be knackered. I hope the others aren't late, my dad is picking them up because he's driving us there. If they're late I know I will freak out. I will try to stay calm though, I'm usually a calm person but when you're going on holiday without any adults to look after anything for you, it's a bit hard not to panic a little. I'm sure it will all be fine. I'm going to miss people though, it will be good to get a break from certain people! Plus no PS3 for a week! Aaaaahhh! Meh, I've coped for longer before. I just hope there are no arguements on holiday, we never argue at home so I can't see that being an issue! Plus me, Marn and Bex are all fun-loving and free kind of people so I'm sure we'll get on fine on holiday. Anyway, I should stop worrying and just get on with it! Not looking foward to packing tomorrow...
2 more BSSA emblems to get in Resi 5! Trophies FTW! :)
BBQ Pics
Sorry for the previous post, and extremly long rant but you can see why I was pissed off right? There was more to write about but I thought it was best to leave it there....On an unrelated note someone just tagged me in a couple of pics from the BBQ in my new dress, I think they're really nice pics! What do you think? :D
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