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Well and rely outnumbered by people from the north... Our only nearest kinsmen come from Suffolk... I made the classic mistake of asking the friendliest and least competitive in the pool man of the 10 strong family if they came from Norfolk... Aghast he said I hade got the accent completely wrong and he was from Suffolk and added 'near to Ipswich' as if to put as much distance between himself and the Norfolk border. We have been people watching this family .... Nanny grandad two brothers their wives and 3 children between them... The brother who I spoke to has just one little girl and a wife who clearly 'isn't like us, is she? She thinks she's better un us aye' we heard the other brothers wife saying (from the luxury of her sun bed from which she hasn't moved for at least 8 hours, not even to deal with her own child's over full dirty swim happy,.. Instead insisting 'come here then'. Clearly she intends to enjoy her holiday in the hope that her two small boys will fend for themselves or maybe their day will do more that kick a ball towards them intermittently).
Nanny hasn't moved from the sun bed either except to get her white wine spritzer now and then. I'm sure she is younger than her rusty coloured leather skin would lead us to believe. Indeed a trend setter she has had a different swim suit each day.
Grandad is the tenderest of all the adults, he engages with the children like a grandad should and with frequency. He also takes every opportunity he can to record this family holiday on film and video.
Talking if our fellow holiday makers, we have new best friends. They found us!
We are not the only gays in the village but probably the most intriguing.
Laura and I are very similar to look at, vikki and Laura are similar in age and ther is Amelia... So people probably think vikki and Laura are two very modern mums of Amelia and I am granny come along.
So this couple chose to come and sit right by us (Amelia was screaming and throwing food at the time so there was no way this was an innocent mistake! And they started a conversation.
They are from Yorkshire 'salt of the earth' ... They don't like Brits abroad because 'they give us a bad name'
By the end of a 10 minute conversation we established that their 17 year old son is gay and he just came out via YouTube ... That they have been to Brighton pride many a time, they insisted we would love Ibiza town if we 'ditch the daughter' because there are lots of gays and drag queens!
What is it about a rainbow giraffe tattoo that suggests we have come on holiday to mix with drag queens and gays! We certainly would not have picked es Cana if we did!
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