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CORFU!!!...Our 4 day break we had all been waiting for!! It was a bit of a mission getting there on the ferry but the best 4 days on the beach and in the sun! Our ferry from Italy to Corfu was overnight and we were all in cabins so made the most of having mattresses and a roof over our head big time! We arrived on the island really early so had to be up about 6am! But once we were on the bus everyone was asleep straight away!
We finally arrived at our campsite and got off the bus and stayed off the bus for 4 days!! Our campsite, 'Karda Camping ground' was right on the beach so we spent the whole time on the beach, by the pool and in the café at the camping ground. This is where we were introduced to the 'Karda Burger'! The biggest burger ever with absolutely everything it!!Our first night was the Toga party and there were 2 other contiki groups in corfu for a few nights so it was pretty big!! We all got sheets and made our own togas for the night and made headbands out of olive branches, although it is a lot harder making them stay together than you think! After our first day on the beach I think I got a bit too much sun…no sunburn thought, sunblock was seriously applied every 20mins!! So that night I was incredibly tired and the contiki cough and cold really didn't help so a quieter night for me…compared to most anyway! The next morning I still didn't feel that great so slept in my tent for the morning, I don't think it really helped though, because it was so hot day and night in corfu we were all just sleeping outside on our lilo's instead of in the tents so we I woke up after my morning snooze my tent was so hot inside!! The sun was incredibly hot from about 1.30pm so most of us retired to the pool or campsite for the afternoon!
The beach wasn't sandy, it was pebbles so a bit uncomfortable lying down but the water was amazingly warm and there was a volleyball net in the water so that was awesome! We all brought our lilo's from Nice intending to use them again but there was a reason they were only €2!! Since none of the lilo's had travelled very well we found some new ones for the few days. We were going to hire a boat like we did in Capri again but they were all booked out so early in the day as is was so nice and hot so didn't get a chance to go boating again. We all went on George's boat though for our last day. It was a day sailing around Corfu with a man literally called George - swimming, sunbathing and eating Greek food! It was an awesome day and we had the chance to do heaps of different water sports if we wanted aswell. We all bought the famous must have Georges boat singlet's and our one and only stop for the day was a tiny island/rock called skinny dippy island! And as expected we had pretty much everyone in the water without there togs!
George's boat was an awesome way to end our 4 day holiday in Corfu! Our last night and we had to be up at 5.30am to get packed up and to the ferry for Venice! None of us are really morning people so we all packed up our gear and our tents that night and slept outside on our mattresses! The site of our campsite was hilarious!! There was just a whole group of people sleeping in a group with all of our stuff packed up around us ready to go in the morning!! Getting up and trying to pack the bus in the dark was so much harder, the early hour didn't really help either!! We finally got away though and made it to the ferry for Venice!
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