This morning I woke up around 8:30am and went to the complimentary breakfast that the hotel offers. This was interesting (in a good way). First you come to the 'pastry' table there are croissants and 'donuts' but they are not like what we think of when we think of American donuts they are hard and kind of look like the cookie lady fingers. Then they have coffee cake that tastes like corn bread but I really like it. I'm learning that Europe is all about the bread, so there are various loaves of bread for people to take a slice of. Then there is the a Greek yogurt bar. I had yogurt with dried bananas, honey, and peach jam (it's really good). But at the yogurt bar they have ham, cheese, tomatoes, cucumbers, baked beans (yes baked beans), jams, pineapple and peaches. The next station has eggs (boiled & hard), bacon, and sausage. This sausage looks like a hot dog and tastes like a hot dog.
Overall there are many choices and it's good food with interesting combinations.
After breakfast I went on a walk with a few people in our group. We walked through Kanoni, the town that our hotel is in. We walked through a lot of mini markets and small shops. The produce in the shops is beautiful! The houses are just like a movie. They are very tall and colorful with wooden shudders. They have beautiful flowers off of all of the balconies.
When we got back we had a brief orientation and met our instructors then we went into old Corfu town for lunch and exploring.
This town is incredible. Absolutely mesmerizing. To be honest I got chills when I took it all in. There were street full of street performances and colorful boutiques.
We went to lunch at a beautiful restaurant called The Rex and enjoyed a four course lunch! It was very fancy and it was kind of the first time being abroad really set it.
After that we went and explored the City. My senses were on high alert; all of the beautiful sights, smells, and sounds were a lot to take in at first. I tried not to buy anything during this trip because I will be back later in the month, I wanted to scope out my options. We met the Greek people and they very welcoming and helpful. There were boutique stores after boutique stores. They had a spa where the fish can eat off the dry skin off of your hands and feet for 10 euro (that's really not bad). I didn't do it but a couple others in the group did.
My group and I accidentally intruded on a funeral... Best way to blend in is to crash a funeral.... said no one ever.
There was a beautiful church in the middle of the city with the doors wide open so we thought it was a tourist attraction. We went in and saw an open casket and then hurried out. Luckily we came back to our hotel and found out other people did it too.
We left for our hotel around 5:00 pm and I sat by the pool for a while until we went to dinner at a restaurant called George's. I got a salad and hummus with pita.
We hung out for while in our hotel after dinner because we planned to go to a nightclub called 54 dreamy nights. The Greeks don't go out until 2-3am...crazy I know. We all hung out in one of the girls hotel rooms until we were ready to go, it was really fun. I really like the group I'm with.
We took taxis there. The place was big with lots of greeters dressed in black. Everyone dressed nice at the club either in black or white and they didn't look provocative. This was supposed to be a dance club but no one really danced but us lol. People just stand there and watch (lol last night it was particularly us they watched). I got to dance with a Greek boy, that was kind of fun, we salsa-Ed for a while. The music was really good they played a lot of US 80s music and they had a lot of strobe lights. We left around 2:30 am and people were still rolling in. I don't know if I would ever want to go to a club like this again but It was an experience worth having that is for sure.
Overall there are many choices and it's good food with interesting combinations.
After breakfast I went on a walk with a few people in our group. We walked through Kanoni, the town that our hotel is in. We walked through a lot of mini markets and small shops. The produce in the shops is beautiful! The houses are just like a movie. They are very tall and colorful with wooden shudders. They have beautiful flowers off of all of the balconies.
When we got back we had a brief orientation and met our instructors then we went into old Corfu town for lunch and exploring.
This town is incredible. Absolutely mesmerizing. To be honest I got chills when I took it all in. There were street full of street performances and colorful boutiques.
We went to lunch at a beautiful restaurant called The Rex and enjoyed a four course lunch! It was very fancy and it was kind of the first time being abroad really set it.
After that we went and explored the City. My senses were on high alert; all of the beautiful sights, smells, and sounds were a lot to take in at first. I tried not to buy anything during this trip because I will be back later in the month, I wanted to scope out my options. We met the Greek people and they very welcoming and helpful. There were boutique stores after boutique stores. They had a spa where the fish can eat off the dry skin off of your hands and feet for 10 euro (that's really not bad). I didn't do it but a couple others in the group did.
My group and I accidentally intruded on a funeral... Best way to blend in is to crash a funeral.... said no one ever.
There was a beautiful church in the middle of the city with the doors wide open so we thought it was a tourist attraction. We went in and saw an open casket and then hurried out. Luckily we came back to our hotel and found out other people did it too.
We left for our hotel around 5:00 pm and I sat by the pool for a while until we went to dinner at a restaurant called George's. I got a salad and hummus with pita.
We hung out for while in our hotel after dinner because we planned to go to a nightclub called 54 dreamy nights. The Greeks don't go out until 2-3am...crazy I know. We all hung out in one of the girls hotel rooms until we were ready to go, it was really fun. I really like the group I'm with.
We took taxis there. The place was big with lots of greeters dressed in black. Everyone dressed nice at the club either in black or white and they didn't look provocative. This was supposed to be a dance club but no one really danced but us lol. People just stand there and watch (lol last night it was particularly us they watched). I got to dance with a Greek boy, that was kind of fun, we salsa-Ed for a while. The music was really good they played a lot of US 80s music and they had a lot of strobe lights. We left around 2:30 am and people were still rolling in. I don't know if I would ever want to go to a club like this again but It was an experience worth having that is for sure.