European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse There a no Way a family trip is a vacation Renee Veciana Suarez of so they told me a my parents you novy a that this was going to. He a vacation. That we were going to have fun. See the country. Do adventures. Yeah right. You want to know Vhal we be really done baked in the Sun. Stood in line. Rode and Rode and Rode and Rode and Rode in the Van. I done to Call this a vacation. I Call this the trip to hell. For starters there Are those two pains my Brothers who get their w a All the time. I mean everybody knows they re my parents favourites. In the Alamo they got Davy Crockett hats. In Carlsbad caverns they got a Bat. Not areal Bat a play Bat but still. In the grand Canyon they got to pick out All these stupid rocks for their Rock collection. In san Diego they got Box seats to the padres games. What do i gel some stupid Little bracelets and a ring. Of and a Book. A you can write a Good composition when you gel Back to school a my mom says. Big Deal. A Sec that a what s wrong with this vacation. Their vacation and my vacation Don t match of look these arc the Type of parents who bought each of us a notebook. Actually my Little brother got a a sesame Street pad because he a Only 5. Anyhow they gave these notebooks to us. Before we left so we could a record our impressions of this trip. My mom she a got a briefcase full of Little books and maps and every time we Stop at some place she takes one of these out and reads from it. Like now we know the official Bird and nickname of every state we be crossed. A this is going to be an educational exp Cri ence a my mom says. Of brother. I hate that word. Who cares about educational. If i wanted to get educational i could have just gone to summer school. A a you la appreciate this some Day a she says. Sure sure sure. It be half so bad if they would control themselves. You should see what they get excited about my parents. Stupid things like mountains and Cactus and lakes. You be seen one Cactus you be seen them All of parents think we should like the stuff they like. Just because we re their kids. Like my dad la be driving along and hell shout Back to us a look Guys look at that. Is that a View or is that a View a. And what a what a do you think is out there the new kids on the Block nope just some red Mountain. No kidding some funny looking red Mountain. They need to chill out bad. Last week they decided we were going to rough it. Rough it so where do we go to some Cabin in the mountains. It Wasny to so bad because we went hiking up a Hill and then we went swim King in a real cold Creek. That was of. But the Cabin had no to. No phone. No air conditioning. I m not making this up either. No to. It s bad enough we be had to stay in places without Nickelodeon. But Rio to i did t know there were places like that. We were going to take the Long Way Home but i think my parents want to Book it Back. We re getting on each others nerves especially when it comes time to eat. Nobody can agree where to go. We want Mcdonald s and my dad wants a salad for his diet. My mom just screams. I done to know Why. What s wrong with a cheeseburger you done to even need a Fork. Before we started on this trip my parents were talking about driving up to Maine next summer. Maybe taking a Side trip to Canada. They Haven to mentioned it again since last week. Good because in a not going if we re staying in some stupid Cabin with no to. Renee Veciana Suarez is the daughter of Ana Veciana Suarez a columnist for the Palm Beach Fla piece citroen 2c�?Tys have been painted Cut up and plastered with stickers to reflect their owners Quirky tastes. Reporter Randy Pitt and photographer dim Derheim take a look at these jesters of the Highway. Pages 6 and 7. I inking fur a Job you Tea it want to try putting stir resume on to deut instead id paper. Page Back Home. 2 family trip no Way to spend a summer stateside views .3 Light look at what s almost news observations. 4 expect trouble when you move would you like to visit Eastern Europe trends. 5 Job seekers turn on the videos Hoard games go Green books. 8-9 Philip Roth discusses his latest James j. Kilpatrick tips his hat science and the world .10 world s age May he a Little off at a glance Malta Odds amp ends ii party preparation far from fun miss manners and Horoscope last laugh .12 Dave Barry car hams from Ann and the world Philip Roth loves controversy and his newest novel should bring him More. Page 8. Sunday is a weekly supplement of the stars and stripes. Editor John Taylor Art director Sharon Kilday production Lisa Williams id Isis Page 2 sunday Angus z la e
