British holiday makers in Spain
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The typical British holiday maker in Spain, don't they make you just want to cringe? The British (and to be fair German ones too) going to Spain and once there plunging into the "All Day BIG full English Breakfast", Pints of beer rather than the standard Spanish offering that is easier to drink and not asridiculous looking in a woman's fist! |
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Just try a small simple bit of Spanish
They order their food and drink in loud precise English (lets leave the German's out of this), when they could just try a small simple bit of Spanish even if the waiter then answers in English. He, at least would have been pleased that you tried. |
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Once they've consumed their stodge you'll see them walking around the town half naked with blubber hanging out everywhere, I mean who wants to sit having a meal with that sight in front of you? Wearing hats inside restaurants... why? Huge fat people wearing sports clothing in garish colours - old men wearing cropped shorts (like Hobbits) and baseball caps, don't they know they look stupid? The worst sin so far is seeing people (men) wearing desert combats when they are clearly so NOT serving soldiers they make me laugh. All I can say is that the German's currently think the Russians are more boorish and uncouth than the British! For heavens sake please act like a true Britain's and be classy, stylish and happy to absorb and learn about the culture and language of the country you are visiting. By: Tonanit216 |
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I went to Majorca in September and I went to this bar in Port d'Alcudia and this German family bring their kids and they are clearly tired, bored and want to go to bed when the adults were selfishly having a few drinks too many! To be honest, a bar isn't a place to take your family too. They probably didn't have a siesta either as they were so dog tired. Same in the restaraunts in many areas at 11pm or midnight local time, there are families with toddlers who are the last table to be served and the poor kids are being tormented by the fact that they have to be eating so late when it is way past their bedtime! If they are eating so late why aren't they having a siesta before then? That's what the Spanish do with their kids. I see Spanish kids up very late but they are full of energy and life because they have siestas. In fact they go to bed at 2 or 3am on a typical night but are not so tired because of sleeping during the day when it is hot actually. The nights are more tolerable to do stuff anyway.
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Angry Autistic Female - 1-Jan-12 23:48
Mimy, I'm still under 60, only by a few years though, but have had very little respect for the behaviour of a large proportion of British holidaymakers for as long as I can remember.
The grumpyoldman and I can relax perfectly well and still behave in an appropriate manner and be appropriately dressed for wherever we are. It's called "decorum", a thing which few people have these days.
The grumpyoldman and I can relax perfectly well and still behave in an appropriate manner and be appropriately dressed for wherever we are. It's called "decorum", a thing which few people have these days.
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grumpyoldwoman - 30-Aug-11 06:57
Mimy - "I just know that no person below 60 would be so judgemental and speak such nonsense!"
That is nonsense in itself isn't it? Do you really think that no person under 60 is ever judgemental or speaks nonsense?
That is nonsense in itself isn't it? Do you really think that no person under 60 is ever judgemental or speaks nonsense?
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To a large extent the Spanish are to blame for having encouraged mass (low class low budget) tourism in the past. Now that their economy is about to hit skid row, they may well need to once again encourage more of this.
There is a very simple way to avoid the chavvy resorts. Pick up holiday brochures in any UK travel agency and list all destinations that are featured. Then go to anywhere but those places.
There is a very simple way to avoid the chavvy resorts. Pick up holiday brochures in any UK travel agency and list all destinations that are featured. Then go to anywhere but those places.
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Seems to me your just a busy body. I mean really what does it have to do with you if other brits don't eat spanish food on holiday or speak spanish?? How does it effect you in anyway? Apart from critizing 'fat people' walking around with they're tops off etc they are well within they're right to were next to nothing as its they're holiday and they are also there to relax! Not to worry about some snob eyeing up all the none spanish. I gather your pushing the pension years? I just know that no person below 60 would be so judgemental and speak such nonsense!
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I was in Spain for a month a couple of years ago and I resolutely refused to speak ENGLISH, even if I was spoken to in English by a Spanish person. This was in order to learn Spanish. Also now I'm living in Ecuador and the same applies, if anyone speaks to me in English, they get the standard response 'No hablo ingles'.
Quite different from the average Brit in Spain. Really it's not hard to learn an elementary amount of another language, especially Spanish as its one of the easier languages to learn. Brits abroad who dont bother speaking the local language should consider how they're giving the British a bad reputation as lazy, arrogant assholes who think everyone should speak english.
Quite different from the average Brit in Spain. Really it's not hard to learn an elementary amount of another language, especially Spanish as its one of the easier languages to learn. Brits abroad who dont bother speaking the local language should consider how they're giving the British a bad reputation as lazy, arrogant assholes who think everyone should speak english.
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and btw I try to avoid the boring food from over here and have something new =)... food from other countries like spain and italy are deliciousness =)... and anyways its not like we are american who introduce ourselves and expect a round of applause
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people are people dont judge as a country... every1 has there own taste in things like clothes ect....
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Not all British people are terrible holidaymakers, but I do know where most of the bad bunch go and they are usually the places I tend to avoid. Everyone has personal preference and budget... some people just want sun while others (including myself) want culture... it also helps Spain's economy.
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The beaches are trashed and the sea heavily polluted by tourism and by cruise infested seas.
Brits come in and build without checking thoroughly the rules and regulations.
The once beautiful coastline has turned into a nightmare!
The "holiday makers" seem to care about is alcohol, sun and sand.
It doesn't matter what the hotel star rating is and how fabulous the villas and houses are because as soon as you step out, the coastline of Spain has disappeared under the heaving tourism of the worst kind.
Brits come in and build without checking thoroughly the rules and regulations.
The once beautiful coastline has turned into a nightmare!
The "holiday makers" seem to care about is alcohol, sun and sand.
It doesn't matter what the hotel star rating is and how fabulous the villas and houses are because as soon as you step out, the coastline of Spain has disappeared under the heaving tourism of the worst kind.
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Spain doesn't want British tourists anymore. It's currently turning plane loads away. The British pound is low in value. Brits don't have enough money. Brits are ruining the coast. Spain wants millionaires, not scum from Bolton.
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Stop Going To Spain - 4-Dec-10 08:55
I spent the other summer driving around Andalucia - lovely. No vile Chavs, I could practice my rusty Spanish and eat real Spanish food (but not so much the drink as I drove everywhere). I had a lovely time. Relaxing and well-worth the effort.
The Costas (like parts of Greece and now Turkey) are taking the place of Blackpool, et al. Leave them to it - there are lots of places to go to without having to put up with ignorant idiots. If you holiday in Britain do you go to Blackpool and expect a classy time?
Besides, it brings in revenue which is very much needed in Spain at this time of recession.
The Costas (like parts of Greece and now Turkey) are taking the place of Blackpool, et al. Leave them to it - there are lots of places to go to without having to put up with ignorant idiots. If you holiday in Britain do you go to Blackpool and expect a classy time?
Besides, it brings in revenue which is very much needed in Spain at this time of recession.
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I'm Spanish, been living in Marbella all my life except for a gap year I took in the UK, and all I can say is that you find decent tourists and nasty ones from every single nationality everywhere. Ok, we may not like the typical English tourist ordering English breakfast, going to English bars and talking with a cockney accent to a shop assistant assuming she's going to understand but what the hell, I've met lovely British tourists, Germans, Scandinavians, Dutch, Americans, and I've also met nasty ones. I've also been abroad on holiday and felt ashamed of other Spaniards while on holidays. Conclusion: you can never generalise!!!!.
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I am a big girl and my husband is big with a shaved head, we do not go on holiday to try spanish food if we fancied it at that time we may try it, we work very hard to go on holiday and would like to go and relax whilst we are there and not to be made to feel uncomfortable because we do not have the perfect bodies. I will wear shorts and a bikini top because it is warm and I just like any skinny birds want to tan too, im not going to eat all your food or block out the light or break the sun loungers, I cant stand you vein people who say we should cover up im going to ibiza in a few weeks and would apreciate some respect and not to be treated like the ginger step child
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I completely agree. Imagine if in the UK we had loads of Italian's demanding pasta and antipasto on every street corner and only speaking in Italian! A stereotype I agree, but I am sure you get the picture.
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As an earlier poster said, Spain is a big place. The areas where the baldy no-neck lager-swilling tattoed thugs and the fat chicks go serve a useful purpose. Like a bucket of sh1t, they keep the flies away from the rest of this beautiful and diverse country. Even an hour from Alicante or Malaga there are place where low class tourists are rarely seen (and for obvious reasons I am not going to name them).
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that last comment sounds like you're describing Skegness, not Spain, for years that place has been full of Fat northern birds, obnoxious kids, bald headed men with staffis and uncouth language..why go to Spain when it's on your doorstep, then again it's probably a lot cheaper to go to Spain , the weather is better, and the beer is cheaper. not so dumb are we.
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I have never been to spain,Am I missing something?chips ,rude nothern fat birds,tattooed husbands,std s ,aids,,sun burn, could you tell me different or did I read this in the "daily mail"
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take your holiday in the uk - 17-May-10 20:51
Chris, don't you think you might be missing out on something by not trying Spanish food? You might find you really like it.
For me, eating the local food is an important part of my holiday, and I usually find mediterranean food easier to digest in their climate. I don't think I could eat a roast dinner or steak & kidney pie when it's really hot, much as I love them in the winter.
For me, eating the local food is an important part of my holiday, and I usually find mediterranean food easier to digest in their climate. I don't think I could eat a roast dinner or steak & kidney pie when it's really hot, much as I love them in the winter.
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grumpyoldwoman - 24-Apr-10 09:23
Oh, I don't eat chips with everything here.
My day off from chips is sunday with the sunday roast. Chips are replaced with mountains of mashed potato :)
Just kidding.
My day off from chips is sunday with the sunday roast. Chips are replaced with mountains of mashed potato :)
Just kidding.
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