Отпуск

[Satella]

Так интереса ради: кто из здесь присутствующих рискнул бы поехать со мной в отпуск?..
В отпуске я делаю все, что захочет моя левая пятка: пляж, экскурсии, прогулки, вылазки к черту на рога и делаю сразу, как только мне захотелось.

Ideal

Actually, my idea of an ideal holiday is a fortnight in two different places, one week in each place. The first week I'd spend in the French Riviera in the middle of July when jazz festival is held there. The Riviera is said to be invented to spend - money, time, love, life - without thinking and without pity, generously and with taste. In the morning I would explore the main sights of the Riviera and certainly its backwaters where the tourists are thinner on the ground as I'm a real culture hunter. And the Riviera has a treasury of historical monuments, hidden churches and other places of interest apart from its casinos. In the evening I would sit on the terrace of a night club holding a cocktail and listening to ice chinking into tall glasses and looking at the man next to me - a bit cynical, a bit tired and a bit in love with me. Such a partner is said to be the best to spend a holiday in the Riviera. And I certainly would be enjoying the superb jazz music. I would dance all night away to the sounds of it and then wake up in the morning, do a swim in the Mediterranean sea and return to the most fashionable hotel - the Carlton - to have breakfast (croissants, strawberries and coffee included). And I wouldn't miss a chance to gamble in the magnificent casinos.
The second week I would spend on Jamaica in the villa that once belonged to Jan Flemming, the "father" of James Bond. The villa is called "the Golden Eye" and it is built in a typical colonial style. I'd go there with my friends who are also sunworshippers, so we would bronze ourselves under the Caribbean azure blue sky, listening to lapping of waves on a palm-fringed beach. As we are also water sports enthusiasts, we would go windsurfing, yachting and scuba-diving. We would sit on a beach admiring wonderful sunsets and enjoying the feel of sand running through our fingers…
The only thing I'm a bit afraid of is that days wouldn't be long enough to enjoy this holiday properly.