And now to something completely different: Florida
Because there are hardly any scouts on the island at the moment, we have been able to split them up so that half of the subcamp staff has the morning off and the other half has the evening off, same deal tomorrow except the other way round. So today I have the morning off, and tomorrow I have the evening off. Since I have all this newfound time and the computer cafe is almost empty, I felt that I would write something to round off my Florida vacation.
I do appreciate that my father took time out from my stepmother to take my sister and me travelling, but the whole thing almost went bollocks before it even began because of my stepmother. The original idea was that we were to go to Cuba, but my stepmother said no because the entire family had to go at some point (where I won't be going of course), and so we came up with New York instead, but my stepmother veto'ed that as well for the same reason. Seeking further it was decided upon Florida, a place I compare with the tourist part of Greece, a horribly overtouristed place that I will never like, and damn, I was right. So I declared myself out of the vacation, something that angered my father (surprise) and caused him to say that the vacation was then entirely off; which in turn upset my sister. So in order to be the grown up and diplomatic person I agreed to go to Florida so that all (except me) would be happy; and as it turned out it would be quite a poor vacation.
Now looking back on the vacation in hindsight, it tops up there as the second worst vacation I have ever been on. Number 1 being a week long golf vacation in Germany with my father and his new family (I don't play golf, and have no intention to) so I just did nothing and number 3 being a week on Barbados in a vacation resort doing nothing, but at least there was internet unlike in Germany, and I went diving once which was really cool.
But the whole episode with corporal punishment really set off an otherwise boring vacation to become something never to be forgotten; I have no idea really what to write, other then I won't forgive my father for it, and I will never ever forget about it.
Recap:
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Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Day 9