Finally at the end of the season we could afford to go on holiday, the big moment we've been expecting all summer. Months of doing plans, looking for best offers, analyzing costs and so on. I went with my girlfriend, Dave and his wife- small party of four.
We travelled to an island in Greece early September when most of the tourists left already and the hotels lowered the prices to half for the unlucky resources who hoped to still catch a couple of almost sunny days and swim in the cold autumn sea. Obviously we got a good share of rain. Even so we had a lot of trouble with calculating the budget as Dave would not go without a plane. "You're much too picky for a resource" I always told him but finally we got a low cost offer and landed on the island.
The hotel was very small and in the middle of nowhere but it was cheap and had a great sea view. And of course we couldn't have afforded more. We also rented a small car to tour around the island seeing lots of luxury hotels and yachts. We even got to see a big palace in the nineteenth century.
- I wish I could buy this place and live here big style! said Dave
- Ha, like a resource like you could afford it, we're lucky we can visit it at least.
In the coming days I guess we stayed too much in the sun as we started wondering how much the lobster would cost with me and Dave betting on the price. Good thing we didn't ask the waiter as he would have had a good laugh right there asking if we wanted to spend the next couple of days washing dishes to cover its price.
The holiday was over pretty quickly so we headed back home preparing for a long year of work and starting dreaming of the next holiday. I can already imagine the ton of tasks the Dragon has in store for us once we're back.
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