Day 1 Brum to Paphos

So early start 4:45 alarm and 4:55 reminder! But up doing and Uber’ing to the airport by 5:15. And that was easy 25 mins and cheap too only £14 inc tip. Bag drop was efficient but security took about 35mins & at thats at 6am in January - must be hell in summer. Quick breakfast in a Peaky Blinders themed bar and then on the plane. All smooth left & arrived on time - mostly cloudy but a long clear stretch over the Julian Alps.
Swift passport control but slowish bag service and then on the bus. Jet2 much clearer than Easyjet about the whole thing from bag drop to hotel transfer. We were first off the bus 20 mins later too.
Hotel is very licky - luggage taken as soon as you arrive while you are ushered to a sofa and brought a drink and the check- in form. Nice person explains the hotel stuff to you.Personal letter to welcome you to the hotel as part of the hand over process.Then to our room technically ground floor but at the back its first. Nice room - seaview, balcony, couple of tub chairs and a table for scrabble. Luggage arrives and the man enquires if we have got on the wifi and down loaded the app ( perfect for dad!).
Out for a walk to see the sea and the dramatic skies before sunset - 4:45 flight and 2 hr time difference mean it was late afternoon when we were sorted and in our room. Its a flat walk all the way to Paphos harbour but we just walked to inspect the beach and then about 15 mins towards town. Many, many feral cats - Mandy counted 25 on the way back to the hotel!
Then to dinner with some minor pre dinner mincing to look at excursions. Interesting buffet - Peruvian night tonight but enough I could eat. Then a beer and bed. But first we had to order an extra quilt and master the shower ( waterfall, overhead, full in your face, same but crotch height and up the wall!) Then we realised there was a turndown service - chocolates and bedside mats plus the curtains drawn! Enough - to sleepRead more