A day out in Carfu

A leisurely wake up this morning, there was no need to rush so we all enjoyed a bit of an extra lie in. I whipped up a lovely breakfast of crumbled cinnamon biscuit, banana and (Greek) yogurt plus a gallon or so of coffee to set me up for the day. An awesome bit of news greeted us early today as Ruby got her results for her French bac. She checked it online and the smile spreading across her face was a good sign, 18 out of 20 in both her written and oral exams. Nothing less than expected of course, and a reward for all the hard work and procrastination throughout the year. So well done Ruby.
One of reasons we are able to spend 4 weeks on holiday is that Jess and I work remotely, one of the drawbacks of working remotely is that we have to work when we are on holiday. So that was what the rest of the morning entailed. Luckily in these situations the girls are pretty good at amusing themselves Ruby and Allegra normally read and Tate just sleeps until she is told to get up. Crappy internet makes working more difficult than it needs to be but we get it done so we can get out. The destination today was a spectacular monastery on a hill and one of the nicest beaches on the island, as recommended by a Google search of things to do in Corfu. We set off for a 45 minute drive, appreciating the aircon in the car. As we got close to our destination the traffic started building up, it was very slow going negotiating the windy, narrow roads, other traffic and pedestrians. I’m not sure how, but it seems that word had got out about the spectacular monastery on a hill and one of the nicest beaches on the island. I blame Google. Or Instagram. Either way, and I do appreciate the irony, there’s not much I dislike more than tourists, why can’t they stay away from the cool places I want to visit. So a u-turn was in order, as well as a new destination required. First off we stopped at a Taverna for lunch in some random village, it was tasty, but our standards have been set unrealistically high so no more than a 6 out of 10.
When we got back to our car we noticed we had a screw in one of our tyres so that caused a bit of worry, but it wasn’t flat so we decided to drive on and see how it held up. Another 45 minutes of driving to get to a different beach (search term - fairly average beaches in Corfu) on some pretty rugged roads, we really wanted to test out our tyre. We were nice and hot and ready for a swim by the time we got there, and not overly concerned that our search terms had been spot on. The water was cold and clear and that was all that mattered. After a dip we gave Lily a call, she was sitting at home resting between shifts drinking hot chocolate and feeling tired. It sucks that she is not here with us.
After a bit longer we headed back to our villa, we realised that in order to have a 6/10 lunch and under an hour on a fairly average beach we had probably spent over 2.5 hours driving so agreed that we probably needed to plan things a bit better. Once back at the villa another end of day swim was in order to refresh and the some time to chill out and, if needed, have a bit of a nanna nap. Toasted sandwiches was the order of the day for dinner, how about a bit of feta in there, don’t mind if I do. Very tasty. We sat outside as it was a perfect evening, and the girls started working on their own blog, ‘Somebody call John Travolta’. If you can find it you may need to put it into Google Translate unless you speak teenager, I didn’t understand a word of it, and I have been doing the same things they have.
Corfu has been a good introduction to Greece but I feel like I have seen all I really need to hear so tomorrow we are moving on to a new island.Leggi altro