Can you imagine the horror of the situation, though? To find oneself

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

staying in an 'apartment complex' in Portugal. The kind of place which has a 'restaurant' on site. With many other English people to speak to, and yesterday's Daily Mail available from the gift shop.

I wonder if there is a 'kid's pool', with slides?

:-(

[Classic Jorge]

As long as you avoid the english you're fine. The Germans and the Dutch are fine, and their dress sense is entertaining in itself, just avoid the english and youre home and dry.

[Pat Vegas]

if you are going to be surrounded the same people you normally have to deal with back home.

The weather is a bit nicer could be the only benefit.

I like to go exploring. Like when I went to Harlem. As soon as I exited the subway someone asked me if I needed directions :hehe: as clearly I stuck out like a sore thumb.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

With a swimming pool full of other people's urine?

In Portugal?

[Snin]

above all inclusive complex in places like egypt, sri lanka etc.. one should stop being such a snob imo :-)

[Pat Vegas]

I was waiting to get through customs and there was this horrible couple standing in front of me in the queue.

Typical Englanders on holiday. This was in security. There was a lady telling people which area to go and she was Eastern European from the accent.

'They've even got them over here' the woman says to her husband :furious:

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Excuse me, snin, I must leave for a while. You have made me feel quite unwell.

[PSRB]

[Snin]

for whole week, book own flights, dont go in the package bus etc..so you dont actually talk to anyone..just make snide comments about them :-) but its good when he makes some friends for a bit, i could go for a surf..then go out in car to some old forts or a fishing village, etc.. i think they have the uses in algarve n europe..better than a ****ty guesthouse, b&b or someones crappy appartment they rent out andits not been painted for 10 years..these complex's have spas, n tennis n gyms..much better

[Pat Vegas]

Seems a shame to travel that way to only visit that place.

[Luis Anaconda]

[Snin]

and instead cloak oneself with a sham level of hyacinth Bucket poshness imo

[Pat Vegas]

as the hotel had the pool and all that so I would tend to use that every morning.

Morning was best time as in the afternoon a group of English yobbos walking around with Union jack on a stick had hijacked the pool.

[Classic Jorge]

The garden was so old that they built this stunning house around the massive, ancient trees. Every morning we were served breakfast as we chatted to the former Portuguese ambassador to Moscow.

Five minutes from the town, five minutes from the beach and five minutes from the hills. Perfect.

It is possible, basically.

No english, obviously. Just to put the cherry on the cake I like to book with my irish passport.

[redgunamo]

[PSRB]

, etc, etc....not a chance am I spending 2 weeks in a Disney hellhole

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Explains a lot.

[Classic Jorge]

It's about that sort of time that it's useful to have a stock phrase handy, I've mastered "I'm sorry I dont speak english/portuguese" in portuguese to such a level that actual portuguesers seem to think I'm taking the piss.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

That's Wilde, it's not my own.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Straw donkeys and sangria. Olé!

[Classic Jorge]

[Mack]

:-)

[Pat Vegas]

If you go to the Everglades don't end up in a chase on one of those boats with a big fan on the back. Always happens in the movies.

[Monty91]

about depriving them of that?

[Pat Vegas]

[Classic Jorge]

f**k it, no.

Disney can take its f**ked up morals and stick them up their arse.

[Mack]

[Pat Vegas]

they could have put the kids in there.

But then again the father is Scottish.

[Pat Vegas]

you can tell them anything.

Like if you land on go the game of Monopoly is over. It helps end boring situations immediately.

[Monty91]

kaleidoscope of Disney World for little'uns.

Don't get me wrong, I would not relish the prospect either, but when I think back to how much I loved it, and how my nieces are excited about going back in December, I would feel a little bad about denying my own that experience :-(

[PSRB]

[Rich]

[PSRB]

4 or 5 days should be plenty

[Classic Jorge]

because I would still tell her to f**k right off if she were.

The worst one is the ad with the strange pervy tone about the "special relationship between a dad and his teenage daughter" :puke:

[Classic Jorge]

[Pat Vegas]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Quick! Get La Toynbee on the phone, it's all aboard the outrage bus! Ding ding!

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Pat Vegas]

he puts his fags out in the pool.

:hide:

[Pat Vegas]

When Booked is the same.

When I hail a taxi in the street I am not booking it.

[Pokster]

[Pokster]

so Disney, water park, film studio and Sea World an you are done... we stayed at Animal Kingdom where the zoo/safari park is outside your eindow so keeps kids amused for hours

[Fedor]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]