HOW COULD ANYONE GO ON VACATION WITHOUT SWIMMING SHOES?
Italy tonight! =) Très exciting. Mum and dad are slightly stressed though, although I’m not quite sure why. We try to explain to them that we, especially me and Emma, do this flying thing quite often. And that as long as we have our tickets and passports we’re fine. The thing is that these kinds of all-inclusive trips tend to be like “trips- for-dummies”- everyone can do it! As long as you get to the airport they’ll baby you every step of the way.
Mum seems to have forgotten that only one of us is still under 18. She’s forcing us to bring flipflops to wear in the actual pool, because it said so in the e- mail. When reading the e- mail I point out to my mum that this information is directed to children, and that you have to wear shoes in the CHILDREN’S pool- because they have some sort of fake cliffs there that you can climb and play on. I ensure my mum that I’m not going to climb on those (target group= 4- 9 years). Mum stares at me angrily and says “well, it says CLEARLY that all children should wear flip- flops in the pool so that they don’t hurt themselves. For instance, this boy’s foot started to bleed. Imagine if you got an infection! Do as you’re told and bring extra shoes!”
The detail that I’m 22 seems to have escaped her mind. It seems like it’s easier just to bring the damn shoes. Even though I have a feeling that I’m going to spend most of my time in the “grown- up pool.”
Me, Emma and Olle let mum and dad do their thing and make sure that our bikinis/ swimshorts and flipflops are packed. And the swimming- shoes, of course.
