Finally here, nice to feel that fresh air on your face and the sun beating down on your back. Time for some relaxing that was a long flight!
I walk out of the airport and make my way into a taxi. I ask him how many points to take me to the hotel lounge and he says, "that's fine - no points..." Nice guy!
I get out of the taxi and think briefly about tipping him, but then remember I only have 100 points to my name. Hmm. "Thanks" I say. He just smiles and says "have a nice day!". Wow if only everyone was like this.
I make my way into the hotel and am told I'm just in time for dinner. Thank God! I'm starving.
I head in and order. Moments later I am eating the most delicious burger I have ever tasted. But wow does it take some work to get through.
They didn't call it the IVEY big stack for nothing.
15 points spent.
85 points remaining.
I try to order some wine to wash it down but then realise I couldn't even pronounce the name of the wine. I look for something on the menu a little easier to pronounce… I settle on "water".
"That's on the house, sir" the waiter says. First the taxi and now the water… If Carlsberg made holidays… they would surely be like this.
I stroll out of the dining area after I finish my water and notice some flyers on the counter. "Groggy Sue's Wine Tasting Tours" - hmm just what I needed I grab the flyer and ring the number on the way to my room. "Sure we have a tour starting tomorrow afternoon… the price? … it's 10 points" - not bad, not bad. I book it.
I sleep like a baby (crying for half the night... I guess I miss home), and am up bright and early the next morning for the meeting I have with my coach. He's not cheap. 35 points, but I think it'll more than pay for itself when I take this tournament down! ;)
Jared reminds me not to go too heavy on the wine 'tasting' tour, and remember I can always ask for the 'house wine' next time if I still can't pronounce a single bottle on the menu. Nice…
35 points spent.
50 remaining.
The wine tasting tour isn't exactly what I had planned. Groggy Sue is surprisingly sober and I figure out why to my shock as we start the first tasting session. These guys don't even drink the wine, they spit it out! Talk about a complete waste of time. I ask for a refund, and am given the most terrible look before I just about manage to turn it into a joke... "haha", we laugh… and carry on with the 'tasting'.
10 points spent.
40 remaining.
I start to think about how I am going to spend the rest of my points as I get back into the hotel lobby, when something amazing happens. I am looking down at the marble floor admiring the shine bouncing up from it, when I notice a wallet on the floor. I pick it up, open it and find some ID and a thick wad of points...2260 Points to be exact! I do the decent thing and hand the wallet in to the hotel staff, mildly congratulate myself for being such a decent human being and go back to my room to chill for a bit.
2 hours later the phone in my room rings, it's the lobby. I'm told the person who's wallet I found has called back and wants to speak to me. I answer and he says he didn’t realise he had lost his wallet until he got home… to Australia!
I mention the staff will likely forward it on to him, but he says: -
"Oh no, old pal! It's hardly worth the effort… those points are only good in Malta anyway. I got a good deal on them. You keep 'em I've already told the hotel staff. Thanks for your honesty!"
Wow.. I didn't know what to say. "Thanks, that's really kind of you" I muster.
"No sweat, it's my pleasure!" his friendly voice booms back.
10 minutes later I collect my points from the lobby and now have 2300 points…
I decide to spend my new found wealth on some old friends from Ranking Hero.
I call...
@Emty , @William Calder , @Mark Duguid , @Jonny2192 , @John Thomson , @Pic0l0 , @Advoghado , @Eva Dimitrova ,@Renaud Desferet , @Arty Mcfly , @pazo @Ina Rkh , @Elena RKH, @Rémi Rkh , @Annie RKH , @DecoGTX , @Archywraith , @Alessio Bianchi ,@B165L1Ck75, @Pedro Canali , @Rémi NIGHTMARE8 , @Adrien Bacchi and @Nicolas Levi
and figure out it will cost me 2300 points to bring them all over. Exactly the amount I have left, what a happy coincidence!
It turns out everyone is available! BOM won't know what hit it!
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