Corfu Greece day 13

Woke up this morning and went to the beach first thing. Swam for awhile and just layed and relaxed on the beach. Headed back to the hotel a little later and then went out for lunch. Got a burger because I was sad I'm missing bones weekend and "soupy burgers" my burger for lunch was nothing compared to those things!! 

Went back to the hotel and swam in the pool for awhile, met a couple from Athens greece and we hung out by the pool for a little together. Then headed to my room to get ready for going into Corfu town. 

Rhonda picked me up from the hotel and we went into town together. We met up with her friends from holland again and had son came aswell. We walked around Corfu town for awhile, just stopping in shops and looking around. We went for supper and had crapes. I have never had a crape that wasn't sweet, this had chicken, mushrooms, etc in it! Super weird tasting because the crape itself is made from pancake batter. But it was really good and a different experience! 

More walking around Corfu town then some of the people in the group wanted to go home so we called it quits a little earlier than I had hoped but it was still a good evening. 

Rhonda took me back to the hotel and we said our goodbyes because she works tomorrow evening and then I leave bright and early the next day. Very happy I got to spend 2 of my evenings with her and her family however they were super nice and great company! 

Had more of a relaxed today as you can see but my entire trip is very much go go go so it was nice to "take a day off" and just lay by the beach and swim a lot. 

On my balcony, can't see the sea very good 

Corfu town 

Walking through Corfu town 

Where we had supper! 

Corfu Greece day 12

So I found out why all the flights going out were delayed, there was a fire on one of the runways at the airport! And sadly my flight was delayed 5 hours! However the bad part was they didn't notify how long the delay would be, on the board it just kept showing our flight was departing at 8:30pm but didn't show a gate number. So me and everyone else on the flight had nothing to do but wait and watch the screens. 

I met a older Australian couple, we got to talking and I found out they were staying at a resort close to mine, so we decided that when we got to the airport we would split a taxi! And I was very happy to do this because I was a little uncomfortable getting a taxi alone at 4am. And I heard the taxis are around €50 so splitting one would be awesome! 

Our flight finally got to Corfu at 4am! When we were supposed to land at 11pm. Me and the Australians got in the cab and went to their resort first, then I was taken just down the road to mine. Finally crawling into bed at 4:30am. 

When morning came I was quite jet lagged, even though it was only an hour and a half flight I had been sitting in airports for 8 hours. So I went for a swim in the pool at the hotel, then grabbed some lunch at the hotel restaurant. The food is so much cheaper compared to Italy! 

I had plans to meet up with Rhonda later that evening. (She grew up in provost and we have been in contact quite a bit when it comes to me coming to Corfu.) I went to the beach to check things out and see what I have around me. The beach is literally a 5 minute walk! From my room I can see the Mediterranean Sea just out from my balcony! 

When I was at the beach I found a BBQ party beach package that leaves Corfu by boat for the day doing different stuff like cave swimming, snorkeling and a bunch of other things. So I bought a ticket for that to do the last day I'm here! 

Rhonda picked me up at my hotel to take me out for supper, we went to a restaurant owned by one of her friends. I had supper with her, her husband, their 2 kids and their friends that's are down from holland. 

We sat after supper and visited for the rest of the evening. Food was delicious and the owner gave us all dessert on the house! Rhonda took me back to my hotel after midnight when we all decided to call it quits. Going to meet up again tomorrow evening to go into old Corfu town! 

Map of Corfu island, I am staying in Dassia where the arrow is drawn beside 

Walking to the beach! 

Pool at the hotel! 

View from my balcony, just past the trees and below the mountain you can see the sea! The picture didn't turn out how great the view actually is! 

We are at a restaurant right beside the sea! This is me sitting in my chair taking photos! 

Super close to the sea for supper! 

Rome Italy day 11

Got to sleep in a little this morning. If you call 9:45 sleeping in. I packed up my stuff and had to check out of the hostel. However the guy at reception said I could leave my back pack in the storage unit for the day because my flight was only at 8:30pm so I would have had to carry that bag around Rome all day! Not fun! 

I left on foot again with my map and saw the monument a Vittorio Emanuele (ya what a mouth full) not exactly sure what they do there but the building outside is beautiful! A bit more modern building compared to the rest I have seen here in Rome. 

I did a lot of walking today and saw lots of different old buildings and streets in Rome. A very good way to see the city I think, just having a map, walking around and seeing different things. 

I made my way to the Vatican (where the pope lives) good views outside of the building. I decided not to go in because it was extremely expensive and it didn't interest me that much so I decided to save the money and spend it on something more that I would enjoy. 

I caught a city bus going back to the hostel because I had been out for hours just walking in the sun. I sat in the common room for a little while just relaxing and then I walked to the train station where I then caught a shuttle bus going to the airport. 

Not sure what happened but almost every single flight between 3pm- 9pm is delayed for a little so the airport was absolutely packed! People everywhere! First time I have ever had a flight delayed, at the moment it says it's only delayed an hour but some people have been here for 6 hours and they were once told it would only be an hour so we'll see about that! 

  

Vittorio Emanuele 

The Vatican! 

I spy a Canada flag flying proudly beside the Vatican building! 

Vittorio Emanuele at night 

Rome Italy day 10

Woke up a little earlier this morning and set out for the colosseum. I had a map of the city and by walking it only took me 10-15 minutes. I arrived in good timing and took some photos of the outside of the colosseum, WOW what an amazing building! The outside is gorgeous! They say that they have done lots of reconstructiong to make the outside look nicer. The photos I have are not what it originally used to look like. However the inside has not been re done and you can tell because it looks very old and it's basically falling apart. 

I got in line for tickets to get inside and the line was literally almost all the way around the colosseum! They said it would probably be an hour and a half to 2 hours just waiting in line! I had passed a little kiosk beside the colosseum selling tours to get inside so I went back there and bought one of those. Ya it was a little more expensive however I got to skip the line and go straight in. And I also got a guided tour and learned a lot that I didn't already know! 

The inside of the colosseum was nice, crazy to think that it once held shows of tigers eating people! And people watched for fun!? My goodness how times have changed. After the colosseum I went over to the roman forum which is directly beside the colosseum. It's massive and there was lots of ground to cover! 

The forum was great, got to see all the old pillars and buildings that once stood there. I also didn't know that's where Caesar was killed (Inside the forum), then More walking around inside the forum for a few more hours. When I was leaving I realized I didn't have breakfast or lunch and it was already 2pm so I went to a little Italian restaurant and grabbed some lunch. 

After lunch I made my way again on foot with my map to the Trevi fountain. Only about a 10 minute walk from the colosseum. Sadly when I got there it was under construction. So you couldn't throw any coins in, there wasn't even water in the fountain. They had a big plexi glass wall up a few feet before the fountain even began so it wasn't the full "Trevi fountain" experience I had hoped for. 

After the fountain it was after 3pm and I had been outside walking for more than 6 hours now so I was ready for a break. Walked back to the hostel and sat in the common room for awhile just relaxing. I cannot wait to get home and sit in a house where there is air conditioning. My god I don't know how these locals do it all summer! 

I met another traveller in my room from holland, he arrived after 6 and we both hadn't eaten so we went for supper together and then walked around the colosseum and the forum at night. Rome is very pretty at night because they light up everything! 

After my long day I decided to call it quits and head back. Another day of Rome tomorrow and then it's off to Greece! 

My happy face because it was only +28!!! I was tap dancing through the colosseum because I was so happy! 

Roman Arc De Triomphe 

Entering the Roman Forum 

Trevi Fountain 

Colosseum at night