Holiday Part 6 - Enjoying Myself... Finally

So after the drinking sessions, i think we're aware of what comes next, yeh?

... the hangover :P

Wednesday 7th July, the day of my first hangover lol, (it was also our last full day in Lanzarote)

I did notice it a bit, but it wasn't extremely bad, it was gone by lunch. Still not very pleasant tho.

My planned game of water polo was on at 2pm so I sat around the pool etc. until then and when i did finally head over i found out it wasn't on till 4, so i just hung out with Ross a bit.

At 4pm we just dove in and there was already a good dozen or so people waiting and the intsructor guy showed up, got out the nets and the ball and off it went.

To show what team you're in, you wear a blue or red water cap. I got a red and Ross got a blue.

John, the Liverpool fan also played and he didn't wear a cap coz he was bald and due to the sun, his head was quite red. So he's like "Im with the reds" and patted his head :P

Anyhoo, the blue team dominated coz they had on their team, the two tallest guys in the complex. Both of them about 6'4 lol

Now, as for Ross, he was a little taller than me, fe inches i would say, he must have been nearly 6 foot. He didn't have the long hair that is almost a requirement for what i look for in guys but there was one point playing in the water he crashed right into me and he felt so smooth lol.
Honestly, obviously the water but it took me quite by surprise and i was like "ooft" haha

Aaaaaanyway :)

After the water polo, we got a few drinks, my mum and sister came down to the pool and the rest of Ross' family showed up. We discussed where we would be going to watch Spain's semi-final match vs Germany.
We didn't have a clue so we walked down the sea front and just jumped into the first bar that looked like it had a good atmosphere.

The first half was quite flat so we headed further away for the 2nd half and we found this steak house loaded with Spanish people, they had horns and drums and everything. MASSIVE HD screen. We settled for that :)

Must have been about 70 mintues in and Spain scored, the place erupted! Vuvuzelas, drums, mass looting and pillage (jk) took place. It was mental. Happened again at the full time whistle.

We slowly made our way back and took in everything around us, people running around, waving flags, all sorts of madness. It was still pretty crazy back at the bar in the complex when we met up with everyone again. I was pretty hungry this time so it was suggested me and Ross go and get a Chinese.

Off to the sea front we headed again :P

Ross was quite a quiet person it seemed to me, only kinda spoke when spoken to and as yet, had not mentioned anything about girls. I was gonna intiate the ol' "Got a girlfriend?" question but i couldnt coz of all the fecking noise round about us. Damn Spaniards. I just eventually forgot about it and we got some food lol

Chinese, beer and a final game of cards saw me off to sleep that night. Needed a good sleep coz the next day of travelling was going to be a long'un.


It started off early enough. We didnt need to be gone till noon but we were up and packing at 7am. (My mum's doing of course)
We visited our favourite Scottish bar for the last time and had a big, hearty breakfast to set us up for the day ahead. Went down well as usual :)

We had about an hour left when we got back before the bus came a picked us up from the hotel to take us to the airport. I ran round the complex saying cheerio to everyone lol. Mum was stressing out in case we missed the bus :P

We didn't. and we made it to the airport no problem. This is the worst bit, the queuing at that airport is horrendous. Someone fainted in line and had to be carried away coz of the heat...

Got through the ever pleasant security and sat in another queue waiting for our plane, which was also delayed quite a bit. More queuing...

We did eventually take-off, now that I mention it and the flight back to London was actually pretty turbulent. Not very enjoyable but we made it back in one piece so i shouln't complain.

And i couldn't have been happier when we touched down, not home yet but back in Britain. Our uncle picked us up and we went back to their house (the same one as our cousin's birthday party) for a few nights before we got the bus back home.

I was so happy to be around family again and feeling more at home. Also they had wi-fi and there was a QI marathon on tv that night. It was exacly what i needed. I fell alseep in front of the tv, glad to be home... sorta.


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The next holiday post will be the last one, it's been quite a marathon in itself typing all this out but i do it all for you, my faithful followers.


Hugs,
Rowan

Holiday Part 4 - Lanzarote

The first thing my mum sister and I did when we woke up on our first morning (Friday 2nd July) was try out the complex's food, which turned out to be ok. Nothing special. You wouldn't get anything special unless you deliberately went for a place that had great food.

So the food wasn't brilliant but I have to say the pools were, therefore we quickly rushed round to get some sunbeds before anyone could take them. Also by each pool there are pool tables (billiards, idk what some people call it) so mum and I played a game but the cues weren't proper cues... they were like rubber and gave me a bad rash. I also think they might have made me ill, coz i was a bit uneasy for the rest of the day (maybe it was the food|) but there you go.

I actually had myself a little siesta in our room and when I came back down, mum happened to be talking to some woman, who came from Liverpool, as did her husband and daughter who was my sister's age.

Still nobody my age around but i found out that the woman's husband, Greg, supported Liverpool so that was pretty win. He also wouldn't be the first Liverpool fan i met while staying there.

Both Greg and his wife recommended this place to eat out on the sea front so that evening we checked it out but instead came back and had dinner at the complex. Lol, fail.

Again, it was nothing special.


I found that one of the best things about the complex was the bar. Coz we went All Inclusive we got meals for free plus drinks from the bar cost nothing as well. *devilish grin*

But my joy was cut short coz adults are given blue wristbands to wear and under 18's are given green. They would only serve alcohol to those with blue bands :/

Not to say mum couldn't get as much beer for us as she wanted, and she did :D

And that evening we had a few beers and watched Uraguay vs Ghana in the bar.

I dunno what it is but i like the atmosphere of a bar when there is football on. All the "OOH" 's and "AAH" 's and "YAY" 's

I love it.

Can't remember the score of the match but Uraguay won and i seem to recall they didn't deserve to. Anyway, after the footy we returned to our room, played some Monkey (think i lost that night) and went to bed.

It was my turn for the double bed, my mum and sister had the sofa bed.

I've never liked double beds. If there are two people, yes, a double bed would be great, but i was only one and didn't enjoy the whole empty feeling. Idk (Need some hot guy IN the double bed =D)


I may not have had the best night's sleep but i was fighting fit the next day when mum and I went for a walk to the sea front (there was a junior club thingy that we dropped my sister off at) We were looking to hire bikes but before that i needed something to eat.

On the sea front, there are more pubs. bars and restaraunts than you can shake a stick at. But we eventually settled for a cosy little Scottish pub/restaraunt and I had a BLT, which btw was gorgeous. The owners were lovely too and we ended up promising to come back for dinner :P

Oh and we eventually hired some bikes, we got 2 days for the price of 1. People in Lanzarote are really nice, must be all that sunshine!

I actually didn't get any piccs of the bikes but mine was red, mum's was blue and had a little pully thing on the back that my sister could sit in, coz she can't properly ride a bike yet.

After getting these back to complex and chained up etc. we picked up my sister and rewarded ourselves with a beer and Argentina vs Germany back at the complex bar. I spied two cute guys who i think were brothers but coz the place was so busy i couldn't really get near them :/

Germany won this game, and it was quite funny coz there were some Germans in the bar but the whole place was virtually English - everyone was cheering on Argentina coz Germany eliminated England but the Germans had the last laugh.

Fufilling our promise, we then headed out to dinner at the Scottish bar and were treated to a lovely meal and fantastic hospitality. This place soon became our favourite and we had many more visits over the course of our stay.

We would have stayed there to watch Spain vs Paraguay tooo, but we wanted the atmosphere of the bar back at the complex, so off we tootled and watched Spain vs Paraguay.

Now, being in Spain while Spain were in the World Cup was brilliant. The atmosphere was electric, all the locals were singing and jumping around and getting hammered lol

The place erupted when Spain won, even all the British were going muy loco!

A little something interesting here. As the crowd slowly trickled out the bar, my mum, sister and I were just sitting around talking. Out the corner of my eye, i see the two cute boys from earlier and their parents sitting at another table.

^ That's the context.

The TV was still on in the background. The football was off and some dance music was now eminating from the speakers. Curiously i peered over at the TV and what is on it?

A gay pride something or rather lol

I froze. I wanted to watch it, but i couldn't so i tried to ignore it.

Out the corner of my eye again, i spotted the two brother's at their table... the younger of whom was staring intently at the television!

I was freaking out. I knew i had to do something but how could I in a still busyish bar?

I simply tried to catch his eye (the myth is if you concentrate on staring at someone, they will notice!) but to no avail. They eventually got up and left.

Cursing my luck, we followed suit not long after and returned to our room to play some cards. I tried to move the proceedings along as quickly as possible coz i wanted to see if i could catch the end of the programme but i couldn't find it, so I amused myself by watching a Billy Connolly DVD that I brought with me, and eventually drifted off to sleep, awaiting the next day to go to the beach :)


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I want to introduce Billy Connolly, for those of you who haven't heard of him and also for those of you that may have.

He is a Scottish comedian and in my opinion, the best comedian in the world. He is the only comedian that can leave me breathless, lying in tears and gasping for air. While watching the aforementioned DVD, i had to pause it coz I couldn't take anymore. I'm surprised i didn't keep the whole complex wake with my laughing.

The subjects he speaks about can be pretty rude. Usually about sex and stuff, but his mannerisms, his appearance, the way he acts... he could talk about having a glass of water and I would still find it hilarious.

Trying to find a decent video for those who haven't seen him before was difficult, but i chose this one, i hope you like it.





There's loads more videos of him on youtube if you like this. If you don't then... your loss, i suppose we all have different tastes :P

See y'all around


Hugs,
Rowan