Alcazares,
I may have been there that night. As I recall our commissioned crew members were swiftly banned by the jobsworths of "happy Holidayville" ! As the SNCOs were then banned from being hosted in the O's mess. It all served to alienate base facilities at Akrotiri as anti transport fleet as I recall. The bonus with Akronelli was the off base facilities, that never let us down.
As a GE I enjoyed a week away in Hungary, as part of a crew delivering a disarmament inspection team, Gopher 01 might well have been the "senior" GE on the trip. As we had little to do for five days, our hosts arranged "cultural" events, always escorted by our new friends. One of these events involved a 3 hour (each way) coach trip to lake Balaton, for a paddle. Having no option we trooped aboard the bus (similar to RAF standard MT) and set off. About an hour in to the journey we stopped for a quick lunch at a Hungarian military base. We were all entertained in the officers mess, regardless of rank, and our meal was accompanied by copious quantities of fruit flavoured schnapps, seriously, by the half pint. I did dangle my toes in lake Balaton, but our return trip, involving a stop for dinner at the same officers mess, including more half pints of fruit flavoured schnapps (ISTR Blackcurrant ?) ensured a total lack of interest in a tour of Budapest bars that evening after return to our hotel. JACIG trips were often either bloody great or bloody horrible. I would put that one as a good trip. Was it you Gopher01 ?
Smudge
