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I'm up and out of bed at around 7.30 - 8am as I don't like to miss a minute of the sunshine so that would mean that I'm with the first down for breakfast. More often than not if we're self catering we'll be with the first waiting for a little cafe to open unless we decide to have a cup of tea and a bit of toast on the balcony. It's unheard of for us to have breakfast later than 9 on holiday.
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im usually up around 6 am local time , go for a walk whilst its still quiet then back to the room to waken the witch in time for brekkie around 8-30 to 9-00
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It depends on what type of holiday we are on.

if we are on dive boot camp, breakfast will usually be about 8am which is after the first dive of the day...but it is dependant on the tides. Sometimes it is earlier, sometimes it is later but not by much. We are on a boat out at sea, so food arrives at whatever time the crew have it ready. We will have been up from maybe 5 or 6am..dived for an hour or so and then had a coffee. before we dive, we are usually given a peice of cake or something with our wake up coffee as it is not usually ok to dive when your body is low on sugar or food etc. Generally, I struggle to stomach anything at that time of morning so have to force myself to eat half a slice as I know I will suffer if I dont.

If we are on a land based holiday...we are usually up and about early doors unless we have been drinking the night before..in which case it will be nearer 9am...or if it was major and I have a monster hangover, I miss it totally!!...but I have only ever done that once in umpteen years of holidaying...
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........... depends on who's cooking it.
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We are usually at the front of the queue,waiting for the dining room to open,or sitting by the pool with a cup of coffee.If we've been drinking with friends and had a really late night it could be nineish but that is not the norm.I don't want to miss too much sunshine!!
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Nice and early. I would say 8 to 8.30,like others,I don't like to miss out on the sun and I am always up early anyway to grab a sunlounger. Strangely,I never eat breakfast at home but really enjoy it on holiday.
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We tend to go SC so its whenever everybody surfaces. I like to be up with the birds on holiday and usually the first to get up. The best part of the day is sat on the balcony before everyone else gets up with my first cuppa enjoying the quiet We dont tend to eat out for breakfast anyway so its usually toast and/or cereal. One of us is (me usually :roll:) is on a sunbed by 8.30/9.00 at the latest. We were HB last year and we tended to get to the dining room for around 9am each morning which was always after the early rush but before the last minute flurry.
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I don't know how half of you do it. Mind I'm not normally in bed before 1:30 so usually wake about 8:30ish! Then by the time my wife and daughter have got up I've normally had 2 cups of coffee on the balcony. We then either have breakfast in the appartment or eat out. Sometimes if we are off to the beach we just grab some croissants and a pack of ham and eat on the beach!
It takes me a couple of days to get used to being on holiday so the first day or so I'm up about 7:30, on my own having a wonder round! Like the time we went to Tossa de Mar and I went for a walk about 7am in search of the beach. But being surrounded by buildings I had no clue which way so ended up 10 minutes in the wrong direction. I needed my Spanish skills to ask a dog walker 'Playa?' to which they replied 'it's darn there govner' in a cockney accent! :)
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On our holiday just gone in ~February we went down about 09.00a.m. If we are S/C then its anytime we fancy or when we get up :)
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up at 8ish and in the shower. Have a coffee on the lounger then go to breakfast 9.30ish. We usually book half board or AI so breakfast is never to far away!!!

Lily. x
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It depends what the plans are for the day. If we are going into town or down to the beach then we have a lie in and go for breakfast a bit later about 9.30am. For the pool I am always first up about 6.30am, I could easily have a lie in but I like having a nice spot so we get up, 'save' the beds and then go for breakfast.

On my last holiday whilst AI my daughter befriended a girl there and I was surprised to see how the family didn't bother with breakfast at all not getting out of their room before noon! They had a bit of a wait until lunchtime. Maybe they had breakfast in their room I'm not sure, but I'd think I was wasting away my holiday if I got out that late in the day.
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Only usually bother with breakfast when we're on a city break... in the caribbean we don't often bother, preferring to get on the beach for about 9... make up for it with a big lunch though!!

In the med, we'll sometimes have "brunch" at a local bar - the full english!!

ATB,J.
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I'm not really a breakfast person. If I'm with my hubby and son, they never get up for breakfast but I might nip down on my own for something like an omlette. My son has been known to sleep until 2 pm in the afternoon :yikes. When I go with my best friend, we usually get up for breakfast but leave it till the last minute. My friend is a full breakfast type whilst I prefer the above mentioned omlette or toast with cheese or egg and a bit of fruit.
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It's hard to get up so early when been drinking night before but don't usually have breakfast or if do don't have lunch can't do both wouldn't manage it :)
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if half board then we go for breakfast about 8.30ish then back up to room to pack bag for the day , last year we went s/c i am up my normal time shower coffee tidy room down to pool and sunbeds and wait for hubby to join me then we go for a late brekkie about 11
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if half board then we go for breakfast about 8.30ish then back up to room to pack bag for the day ,


Oh I am such an organised person :D As soon as I get in from the pool/beach late afternoon, I pack the bag ready for the following morning so when I get up and dressed I just grab my bag and off we go.
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My bag remains sort of half packed all through the holiday. If I'm up with the larks then I pack the rest before brekkie, but if I'm up after 8, then it's when I get back from brekkie.
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dont pack a bag...just head off to the bar then worry about the bag the next day!
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:offtop but I find 10 mins a day goes just swopping stuff from the day bag to the evening one - camera, reading glasses, sunglasses, purse, tissues, deoderant :rofl
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