British tourists in Spain have the reputation of being hard-drinking, partying lager louts. In the Euro Weekly newspaper for expats in Spain, an article details how a reporter followed drunken British tourists were "knocking back shots, pints, spirits and coloured liquids that looked as if they should have been used to clean toilets...As the night wears on, the vomiting begins with some people not even being able to get up off the ground, let alone make it back to their hotel....Many years ago, the British tourist used to make headlines for being polite, well mannered and educated, a nation that was admired the world over. How the mighty have fallen!"
Another interesting article has the headline: Another Briton falls off balcony (we know the story without even having to read it -- he was climbing balconies when drunk and fell off, as you do.)
PS
Brits love to have all their native products in Spain, hence the following place:
Thursday, 4 September 2008
Drunken Brits
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WHEN I GO ABROAD I FEEL ASHAMED OF BEING BRITISH. I EVEN FIND MYSELF TRY TO COMPENSATE IN POLITENESS WHEN AROUND MY FELLOW COUNTRY MEN. INSTEAD OF SEEING A HOLIDAY ABROAD AS A CHANCE TO SEE AND TRY NEW THINGS, MOST PEOPLE WANT THE UK ABROAD. WE ARE SO INSULATED.
"Compensating in politeness" for any misbehavior by your fellow countrymen is such a great thing to do. what a nice phrase, thanks.
All some people want is reliable hot weather and everything else like it is at home - British beer and no "foreign muck". I suppose that's why the package holiday industry has been so successful.
We went into Little Britain for a look around. Needless to say, it contained products I would never consider buying, in Britain or anywhere else.
Mel, I had to laugh (ruefully) at your comment. When I took my mother to Ireland for a holiday---her first international one---back in '04, I preened myself on my wise choice---after all, she is of Irish extraction, the people are white (important for her,) and the food is of the simplest---lots of cheese and beef, etc. How could she not love it?
WELL! She is a genius at finding things to complain about. I won't go into tiresome detail here, but will share her weirdest complaint: "The eggs look and taste odd. The yolks are too orange." No pleasing some folks, so they'd best stay at home where their yolks are the right color.
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