ME and Cath in Corfu October2010

Me and Cath had talked about going on holiday the previous year, but that's as far as it got, talk!
Cath hadn't been on holiday abroad before, had no idea where she wanted to go, all she did know was that she wanted sun.
I had wanted to go to a Greek Island but had never been, so I decided to look at Corfu, from what I could tell from brochures and the Internet I thought it looked lovely and also the flight time wasn't that bad for a first time flyer.
I received an email from travel zoo, their top 20 deals, had a look and their was a bargain for the beginning of October, Corfu, a little village called Rhoda for a week in a 5* hotel all inclusive including flights £440. So I just booked it. It was about a month away!
I was so excited I couldn't wait to see her reaction, that I had actually booked it and that we were definitely going on holiday!
Cath was as excited as me, I think we may have drove our friends at work mad because that's all we talked about.
The day came for us to go to Manchester airport. Cath drove to my house in Cemmaes and then Bob was taking us to the airport in our car.
About an hour into the journey the car just stopped, Bob fiddled with it and got it going again, then it stopped again. It was pouring with rain and this time Bob couldn't start the car. We had set out with plenty of time to get to the airport, but now time was getting on. A landrover with a middle aged man driving it pulled over to see if he  could help us. Bob explained that the car had just stopped and that he was taking me and Cath to Manchester airport. The man offered to take us, but first he would go and get his car. Well this frightened me and Cath, a man that we didn't know, well our imaginations ran riot, we frightened ourselves almost to death! I asked Bob to please try and fiddle with the car to get it going as I really didn't want to travel with someone I didn't know and neither did Cath. Luck was on our side and the car started and Bob drove quite quickly before the man came back! Luck was with until we reached the Wrexham bypass, then the car stopped, this time it didn't start, so Cath phoned a friend who gave us the number for a local taxi. Bob had also phoned a friend to come and pick him up. So off me and Cath went. I was beginning to think we wouldn't make it in time, but the driver drove quite quick and got us to the airport.
After checking in we headed to the bar and had a couple of drinks before our flight. Cath thought she might be nervous, but she wasn't, we had a good flight, then had an hour coach ride. 
Just as we set off on the coach journey, Jon texted me, " Sarah said yes mum". Jon had driven down to Cardiff to see Sarah at Uni and once he got near her flat, had Robbie Williams singing Angels blaring out of his car, rang her door bell, as she opened the door, he was on bended knee and proposed her with an engagement ring. I didn't care about the cost, I rang him, he sounded really happy and emotional. He had asked me previously what should he say to Alex (Sarah's Dad) when he asks for permission to ask Sarah to marry him. So we had had our chat and he had been to see Alex and I had been waiting for his text .

We got to the Hotel and it looked lovely, we were well impressed then we were taken to our room. As we entered our room we saw a huge bed and cath said " is now a good time to tell you I'm bi-sexual" well we laughed and laughed, it was late so we had a drink un packed and then went to bed and we both realised we snored!

The view from the balcony at breakfast. The food was lovely, so much choice. The drinks were nice too. One time we decided to have a cocktail, it was after lunch, probably about 2pm. After the cocktail, we both had to go to bed to sleep it off, can't remember what was in it but it was very powerful. I rang Katie one evening and she asked me what we had been drinking,well we had noticed lots of people drinking a drink called Sambuka. So we had been having a few of these, as well as our archers and lemonade, so when Katie asked I told her and she thought we had been drinking shots, no I said, they give it in half pint glasses and we really like it! We never got drunk nor did we have hangovers!

Cath sat outside our room after a day on the beach and in the sea, oh yes, we had had a few archers and lemonades too. The sea was lovely and clear and quite warm. Their was an aerobics class everyday in the sea, but we never felt the urge to join in, we just watched! Their was a lovely beach walk to the village of Rhoda, we walked in to the village a few days and had a mooch round the shops and had a drink in a few of the bars. We found the people very friendly. The scenery was beautiful.

 Cath even got a tan, on the first day on the beach, I put my oil on take my top off and its not long before I'm getting browner. Cath has quite pale skin so I thought I would encourage her tan by putting some oil on her. Don't think I should have done it because half an hour later she was burnt! "Sorry Cath".

It was so nice to be warm and relaxed, we just did what we wanted at our own pace, which was slow! but we had a great time.

 We went on a trip up the highest mountain in Corfu, it was high, me and Cath were in the front of a jeep with the guide, it was quite scary in places, but the views at the top were lovely. At the top is a church. On the way back we stopped at a local taverna for food and watched the sunset.

 One of the afternoons we went to Corfu town which was lovely, their is like a modern part and an old part and a huge harbour. We saw quite a few cruise ships and their is also a castle.

 Cath with the Castle in the background. Their are lots of cobbled streets and a huge market. We had a good time looking at the stalls and sampling the local food.

 

 Me and Cath in the sea at Sidari. We got on a local bus and went to Sidari, wasn't too far away from Rhoda, they have beautiful cliffs and rocks, again we sampled the local food and had a couple more archers and lemonades.

We had a wonderful holiday, but decided a week wasn't long enough! Next time its two weeks at least!