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Post by rdsmum on Jun 3, 2007 2:04:08 GMT 12
Since me and Sparrow got slightly side tracked, heres another lol
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Post by rdsmum on Jun 3, 2007 2:10:29 GMT 12
I went to Greece with an Aussie mate for a holiday but we were so broke we had to cash our air ticket in and get a coach back to London. What an experience that was!!!! We were told we didnt need any visas to get thru any of the European countries, soooooooooo off we set!! We got to the Yugolavia/Hungary border, and they wouldnt let us thru cos we didnt have visas. We were locked up in a cell, looked after by ARMED guard and I dont think my knees have ever knocked so loudly! I was petrified!!! We had no cash, only credit cards and they wouldnt accept credit card payment for our visas lol!
Luckily the coach driver came good and paid for us and when we got to an ATM we got the cash for him!! One experience I will never forget lol
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Post by sparrow on Jun 3, 2007 2:16:49 GMT 12
OMG!
I once flew Aeoroflot (come on - it was cheeeeeap!) and we had an unscheduled stop in Russia. I didn't have a visa and so was confined to a few rooms in the airport.
I went into the loo (as one does) and heard a voice saying "help, help". The hinges on the toilet door this woman was in had basically shattered and the door was stuck. After trying to get the door open, we decided the best thing to do would be for me to kick it in. (Don't ask me why, but this seemed like a good idea at the time). Anyway, I kicked and kicked the door until it came off its hinges. The woman and I were giggling like school kids - until we realised we'd just vandalised a door in Russia! We then both ran off in different directions as fast as possible.
BTW: I also go vegetarian when I'm on the road. In Russia - my vegetarian meal consisted of 8 potatoes ... Boiled and that was it.
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Post by rdsmum on Jun 3, 2007 2:46:28 GMT 12
On that trip we also had an 8 hour stop in Brussels, it was November and it was cold. By then we had run out of funds completely, and had made friends with an English girl called Catherine. the 3 of us went busking!! It was soooooooooooo cold!! And the only songs that all of us knew were either Beatles songs or Christmas carols haha. BUT it worked and this bus load of Japanese tourists took pictures of us and gave us lots of money! (as jap tourists do lol) We rushed to the first cafe and still had enough for some duty free ciggies on the ferry trip back to Dover. Might be one story I wont tell my kids when they are old enough to travel!
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Post by sparrow on Jun 3, 2007 13:19:42 GMT 12
On that trip we also had an 8 hour stop in Brussels, it was November and it was cold. By then we had run out of funds completely, and had made friends with an English girl called Catherine. the 3 of us went busking!! It was soooooooooooo cold!! And the only songs that all of us knew were either Beatles songs or Christmas carols haha. BUT it worked and this bus load of Japanese tourists took pictures of us and gave us lots of money! (as jap tourists do lol) We rushed to the first cafe and still had enough for some duty free ciggies on the ferry trip back to Dover. Might be one story I wont tell my kids when they are old enough to travel! Oooooh - that is class! ;D I had a mate (English lass from Cambridge) who used to go busking when broke. She was god-awful at singing. She was/is one of the funniest people I ever met. She was really broke when we went touring once and I offered to stump her some cash. She refused and went begging instead ... OMG! |
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Post by rdsmum on Jun 3, 2007 18:49:13 GMT 12
The one thing about the busking was while I was standing there trying to sing, all I was thinking was 'my mum would kill me if she could see me now lol'
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Post by crheas on Jun 4, 2007 19:31:51 GMT 12
When I went to Italy - I decided that I would take a side trip from Rome to Florence and Assisi ... since I got that chance. (I am really glad that I did, but damn did it deplete my funds!) This put me on a bus for quite a while. The side trip was actually 2 extra trips... we went to Assisi for a full day... and went back to Rome for a few days...then stopped in Florence for most of the day on our way to Milan before departure back to the states... needless to say... the bus driver finally realized that 50 people cooped up on a bus for several hours.... was not a good idea... so he stopped to let us stretch, grab a snack and piddle... we were at some very busy kind of travel station... I think it would be the equivalent of a truck stop. I had to go to the toilet badly, and I'm not a fan of the onboard bus pot... so I was greatful for the stop... I went to grab for my toilet seat cover... when I realized.. WTF no seat?! apparently this wasn't news to anyone else. I was screaming out of the stall (which was not acutally in a bathroom... it was just kind of a stall out in the open.... with all kinds of people going by).... OMG how am I supposed to use this toilet? there's no seat.... everything got quiet.. and then people just started laughing. public pots are no good!
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Post by bossybitch on Jun 4, 2007 19:39:18 GMT 12
 No toilet seat....try going in the bush for no2. Now that's not nice but when one has to...one does
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Post by buck on Jun 16, 2007 13:28:38 GMT 12
so told thisstory once in embarasing moments but not really embarasing but good story anyway. oh is all true to lol
wife and i went for a couple of day to que west. ya know miami vice fame?? anyway had bed and breakfast resavation. no problem, checked in and after a bit knock knock. no not wot ya thinking lol so lady comes in and tell us we there the wrong day and room is booked for afamily coming in. we say no we right you wrong we flying out tomorrow. anyway it was decided we would stay as we were there first. sooo being nice ppl we are we decided if lady could find ua a new hotel wewould move as iseasier for the two of ua to move instead of family of 4 finding new place. soooooo lady found another place even paid the difference cos new place was more expencive. soooo booking in all well with me not as nice but oh well good karma coming aye lol well wife picked up on it first lol she asked "is this place for gays?? lol yep we serve all he says lol to top it off it a agy clothing optional place lol yep we open minded and stayed and yep the pool was very interesting place to hang out lol
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