Thursday, September 29, 2005

40 the pax on the bus

a new tour. new people on the bus. they seem okay and i feel like they are nice people. but they didn't tip the driver well so i'm afraid about my tip too. we'll see how it goes. some just gave half of the minimum. i don't understand that at all.

the most expressive person on the bus is mrs vanderzee. an older dutch woman from amsterdam who lives in almere and has diabetis. now one of my best friends is a diabetic (ja jij danny) and he even agrees on it: diabetic people can be SO annoying... she mentions it like 4 times a day that she is diabetic, as much as she has to get her insuline. she brings insuline but is then suprised that there is no fridge on the bus and that it is hot in florida. so the driver has to buy a cooler in the bus. she ends up giving him 3 bucks for three days in tipping. the bitch. then she forgets her insuline in naples when we already are in fort myers beach. we have to drive back and get it goes she cannot buy that stuff in the next town and might faint and stuff.. no problem in getting back to the hotel but please if you are diabetic that should be the first thing to check if you leave a room. then in tampa she gets off the bus and falls flat down on her face. she's fat so that sort of broke her fall. but then she complains about everything. about how hot it is in florida. how there is no decent food in the us. how there are so many immigrants in florida. (you don't see white people here. it almost as bad as in amsterdam) she likes me though but i just don't understand people like that who go to another country and then constantly complain abotu that country. she's the one who complains about the immigrants in amsterdam not integrating but she doesn't either. her best friend is called samson and is jewish. she talk about how amazed she was by the jewish people in antwerp when we talk aboutn antwerp and its problems.. i didn't know she was jewish so i say: yes it's just like with the moroccan community they just do not really integrate... because they were really having racist talk and of course the person turns out to be jewish and feels offended. too bad... the diabetic should be called samson as she has white hair and has a round face. so that's why i always deliberatly make mistakes when i say her name
haha

three young couples on the bus. honeymooners from mainz. very cool. the kind i would befriend. then one italian/spanish couple also from mainz. she is absolutely gorgeous and he is cute too. i pick up some spanish talking to them. they are really cool. then a couple from saarland who are really so nice to watch. they look alike (both a bit fat and shy) but it's clear that they are in love.

then some older couples. one of which is called JESS which makes me think of the JESS connection from ghent. i really had to think of you gus when i first met the family. they look so uncool. they are okay but just have a very stern look. they do not look rock and roll at all which i would associate with the name jess of course. the other couple is swiss and speak this german i have a hard time understanding of course.

then a german family who have done this tour already two years ago. no idea why they would do the same tour over again but they apparently like it. mom dad and 25 year old son. they get along fine and i think the guy (huge, fat, funny) is actually a nice guy although i wouldn't want to get hit by him. the other family is from south london and is very quiet. the girl is 20 or something and travels with her parents too. whatever.

then two british couples from liverpool who had just done a cruise. they look like hooligans. at least one couple and they do like soccer. but they are very relax really. they do not mix at all with the others on the bus.

then there's a south afrcican on the bus. he's 72 and been on the road for two months now. his son lives in vancouver canada and he visited him first. then did a tour in canada. a tour in the north east and now florida. he has an intersting life story. he's an important person in the national cricket association in south africa. he's part a black/asian mix and has suffered from apartheid of course. very smart man. would love to hear his story.

there is also a lady from ireland on the bus who is staying in other hotels every single night. it is a nuisance because sometimes the hotels are one hour away from each other. she had booked this trip with her husband but he got his appendix removed a few weeks ago and couldn't go on the trip. i am not sure what to think of her. she is nice but i have the feeling that she does't listen at all and she is very posh.

oh well

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