We definitely had the greatest live of our life!

     We finally made it to Greece, where we had opted to book an Airbnb instead of a hotel. It was an odd little apartment with a solar-powered water heater that didn't heat water when the sun wasn't up, which we learned the hard way.
     There was a little group of brochures, pamphlets, and maps on the coffee table to help us plan our trip. We glanced through them but we had already planned most of our stops. This one brochure caught our eye though. It had such a tempting title, a promise that was almost sure to be unreachable.
"The guide for the greatest live of your life"
     It's funny on its own but especially funny when you consider there are two ways to pronounce "live." Both are equally hilarious but we opted for "live" with a short "i" sound.     
     This foreign typo might've been my favorite just because it became a recurring joke during the trip. Whenever something went wrong, when we missed a bus or got yelled at by a local or struggled with the language barrier... one of us would look at the other and say "this is the greatest live of our life." And then it was okay because it was funny.
     Foreign brochures promising the greatest live?
     Welcome to the English language.

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