Episode 34: The Worst Summer Holiday of my Life: 16 and stuck in Las Americas with Roy Chubby Brown (sort of)

Bit of a nostalgia trip in this episode — but not the dreamy, golden kind. Today I’m taking you back to the summer I was 16. A holiday that was meant to be a break from real life... but turned into two long, emotional weeks that I’ve never quite forgotten. It involved: One well-meaning but emotionally unavailable dad A lot of alcohol (not mine) Silent dinners, full ashtrays, and no way home And a teenager trying to make sense of it all It’s raw, it’s honest, and — looking back — it taught me more about boundaries, expectations, and emotional survival than any sunny postcard moment ever could. Because not all holidays are fun. And not all coming-of-age stories come with a sunset.