Brits Go on Holiday, Europe Cowers in Fear

Travel Blog • Elyse Franko • 08.25.08 | 4:53 PM ET

So we’ve posted about the British couple getting arrested after having sex on a Dubai beach. And about the nine British women who were arrested for taking part in an oral sex competition in Greece. Now the New York Times offers a comprehensive look at the bad behavior of Brits abroad.

While Brits have long been testing the patience of Eastern Europeans by getting smashed and belligerent on their stag party weekends, they’re now rising to even more destructive levels—getting in fights, getting hospitalized and sometimes even getting themselves killed.