单项选择题

C

We were beginning to get more and more fed up with the "holiday by the sea". We always used to go to the south coast regularly for a fortnight every summer. There was not a chance to have a proper summer holiday last year, so we decided we’d better have some sort of a winter holiday. Some friends of ours told us we might not enjoy a skiing holiday, that it was always so cold you had to go skiing just to keep warm. We only had eight days instead of our normal fortnight a way. All together, with the return flight, accommodation (住宿), etc. , it came to about ￡ 135 for the three of us. And it was worth every penny, I mean. I work hard all the year round. I need a complete change and I’m willing to pay for it. I’d certainly recommend a holi day like this to anyone. We saved up for it;, by the way, by cutting down on luxuries.

Where does the writer usually spend his holiday