Thursday, November 16, 2006
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
These were taken from a newspaper article about the travel industry, and complaints from tourist
"No one told us there would be fish in the sea. The children were startled."
"We had to queue outside with no air conditioning."
"It is your duty as tour operators to advise us of noisy or unruly guests before we travel."
"I was bitten by a mosquito - no one said they could bite."
"We booked an excursion to the water park but no one told us we had to
bring our swimming costumes and towels."
"The brochure stated : 'No hairdressers at the accommodation'. We're trainee hairdressers, will we be ok staying here?"
"We found the sand was not like the sand in the brochure. Your brochure
shows the sand as yellow but it was white."
"I compared the size of our one-bedroom apartment to our friends' three-bedroom apartment and ours was significantly smaller."
"It took us nine hours to fly to Jamaica from England - it only took the
Americans three hours."
"There were too many Spanish people. The receptionist spoke Spanish. The food is Spanish. Too many foreigners."
"My fiancé and I booked a twin-bedded room. We now hold you responsible for the fact I find myself pregnant. This would not have happened if you had put us in the rooms that we booked."
"We had to queue outside with no air conditioning."
"It is your duty as tour operators to advise us of noisy or unruly guests before we travel."
"I was bitten by a mosquito - no one said they could bite."
"We booked an excursion to the water park but no one told us we had to
bring our swimming costumes and towels."
"The brochure stated : 'No hairdressers at the accommodation'. We're trainee hairdressers, will we be ok staying here?"
"We found the sand was not like the sand in the brochure. Your brochure
shows the sand as yellow but it was white."
"I compared the size of our one-bedroom apartment to our friends' three-bedroom apartment and ours was significantly smaller."
"It took us nine hours to fly to Jamaica from England - it only took the
Americans three hours."
"There were too many Spanish people. The receptionist spoke Spanish. The food is Spanish. Too many foreigners."
"My fiancé and I booked a twin-bedded room. We now hold you responsible for the fact I find myself pregnant. This would not have happened if you had put us in the rooms that we booked."
Sunday, November 12, 2006
From English to Basque in one morning
On Sunday 12 November we all went to the remembrance day service at the British church and lay flowers and put crosses on the graves in the commonwealth war ceremony.
Immediately afterwards, we went to the San Martin feria in Derio - a kind of Basque (and perhaps all Spanish) harvest festival with all the harvest produce on sale. San Martin was traditionally the day on which the pigs are slaughtered for the chorizo et all for eating during the winter months.
Rosie joined in with the Basque country sports (see photos), so managed to jump from a traditional English activity (complete with hymns) to Euskal Herria activities without a blink of incongruity.
Immediately afterwards, we went to the San Martin feria in Derio - a kind of Basque (and perhaps all Spanish) harvest festival with all the harvest produce on sale. San Martin was traditionally the day on which the pigs are slaughtered for the chorizo et all for eating during the winter months.
Rosie joined in with the Basque country sports (see photos), so managed to jump from a traditional English activity (complete with hymns) to Euskal Herria activities without a blink of incongruity.
Friday, November 10, 2006
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Friday, October 27, 2006
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Friday, October 20, 2006
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Monday, October 16, 2006
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