- 1AM: Woke up to drive to London
- 4AM: Arrive at car park and head to airport
- 6AM: Fly to Corfu, Greece
- (7 hour time difference from US, 2 hour time difference from UK)
- 11AM: Head to our resort
As you can tell, the morning really flew by and we were exhausted. We were excited to get unpacked, but were quickly disappointed by the room seeing flaws all over the place. (Warning: the snobs in us are coming out) The problem was by the 5-Star Hotel description we were expecting more of a resort-style feel. Our current room had a few spiders that we had to kill, cobwebs, and dust everywhere. We went straight to the pool to get out of there and a little disappointed in the place. Jeff decided to go and talk to the hotel management. So this happened:
The resort had a lot of great amenities: pool, beach, 4 restaurants, bowling alley, among many other things. We were really risking the weather given the time of year we chose Greece, but we really lucked out! Each day it was at least in the mid-60's, but our last full-day there it had to have been a lot hotter as we were sweating on the beach.
The hotel had an amazing view of the Mediterranean Sea. During some parts of the day, there was a smog effect out into the ocean, so you were unable to see the mountains in the background. As for the beach, it was filled with small pebbles and rocks instead of fine grained sand.
Our first day, we just lounged around the pool enjoying the warm weather. It was nice to get away from the Non-UK, windy, rainy weather. As I type this...it is raining here.
We were able to enjoy some really great dishes at the restaurants and some really cheap wine! Although, I think Jeff loved his meal so much on Dinner #1 that he ordered the same thing for the rest of our time there.
We ventured out into the town of Corfu on the second day. It was cloudy and a bit on the colder-side. We walked around, realizing that the city was not in the best condition. It was really interesting to experience a city that wasn't necessarily made for tourists like many other beach cities. One of my favorite experiences of the trip was my fish pedicure. I am not sure how many Bachelor fans there are reading this right now, but it was something very similar to what they did on one of their international dates in Seoul.
Anyway, there were tiny little fish (without teeth) who would nibble/suck on all the dead skin on my feet. It freaked me out at first, and then quickly began to tickle (especially in between my toes)! I soaked my feet and the fish were hard at work for about 15 minutes. My feet felt fairly smooth and relaxed after it was over. I don't think the fish worked as hard as a person giving a normal pedicure, but it was a really cool once in a lifetime experience.
After the fish had a great meal, we explored the city a little more. There were not many tourist attractions, so we were just roaming around. Most of the houses and buildings were not in the best condition. There were lots of broken items, stains, and junk on the balconies on most the places we saw. It was amazing how many people were able to speak English, especially being such a small secluded island.
We were able to enjoy some street food for lunch: gyros. They were fantastic. I think I could go for another one right about now! We ate in a small little area, filled with pigeons, grabbed some desserts for Mr. Sweet Tooth, and headed back to the resort on the bus.
The island is pretty neat in the sense that all the buildings are up on the side of mountains. Because of that, we had to take a small tram down to the beach. The beach was much more peaceful, and less windy as well. We spent all day on Saturday laying on the beach, reading, and enjoying the wonderful weather.
We had a wonderful and relaxing long weekend in Greece. Not sure we would go back to the same resort, but I would definitely visit another part of Greece again.
I leave you with a sign that speaks for itself. Do you feel at least a little bad for us?
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