Welcome to my blog!

I was thinking about starting a blog for quite a while but could not decide what to write about. My husband and I travel quite often because of his job. We always loved it even before we met. We actually met because my husband decided to take a job overseas and came to a place where I was, about 7 thousand miles away from him. His decision changed our lives for the very best!

I also like to cook but I don't think that I need a blog to document every meal I make. Only occasionally, maybe. We also decided to eat healthier so the blog will help me to keep track of our meals and weight.
That's how I eventually signed up for a blog and named it Veronika's Travel and Living.

Hopefully, I'll like blogging. We'll see.. ;)


Sunday, July 18, 2010

Oh, Greece!

It's very hot in Moscow these days and it makes me think about our trips to Greece in 2007 and 2008. I also secretly hope to go there again some time in the future. I really miss our lovely Greek place that we found by accident in 2007. It was our first beach vacation together. Both of us were a little nervous about it, I don't even know why, maybe it was just me :)


Chris is a great planner and he always plans our vacations. I also like to plan trips, events etc. and used to do that when I was single. Now Chris and I make a pretty good team when it comes down to such things. So Chris chose the place and booked our flights and the hotel. We went to Corfu. He found out that the beach there was really nice, sandy beach, and it was not very crowded in September.

We arrived in the evening and by the time we got to the hotel it got very dark. The hotel was located right on the beach facing the sea.
We were tired but happy. Our excitement started to wear off after we talked to the receptionist who was not nice. For some reason she kept insisting that we go downstairs and have our dinner as it's included even after we told her that we were not hungry. She was weird and kind of annoying. So we got our keys and went to the room. It was not what we expected. It was located on the first floor which was actually below the ground level. Our attempt to change the room failed as they did not have anything available for the next two weeks. It was a very disappointing start of our vacation. This is the "seaview" from our "balcony" that we discovered the next morning.

In the morning we had their horrible breakfast with 100 other people in a very noisy room. We were seriously thinking about leaving or finding another place to stay. We walked along the beach and looked for "to let" or "vacancies" signs. We could not even expect to get so lucky to find a beautiful and PERFECT place right next door to this horrible hotel! I remember seeing it in the morning from our balcony and thinking: "these people must be so lucky to stay/live there!"
We could not believe our luck when we found out that it was a private hotel and they had two rooms available and it was waaaaaay cheaper than the stupid hotel. We actually had a choice of rooms! This is what we saw when we entered:


I was so excited that I couldn't believe it! We went back to our room, packed our suitcases and returned the keys to the receptionist saying that we're leaving, in spite that we paid three nights deposit. All we heard on the way out is her stupid cry: "Why???"
So our vacation started. The place was awesome! It's a family business. They also had a restaurant downstairs where sometimes we had lunches and dinners. These people are great and very friendly.

Our days started with breakfast on the balcony, then we went to the beach for a few hours, then Chris made his sandwiches for lunch, naps or more sun/sea, dinner at local places on the beach or going up the hill to the village. It was great times!!!

Our happy hour :)

We like to be independent and buy food for breakfast/snacks in local stores.

It was funny that we still could see "the Nazi" hotel from our balcony and watch their life from the other side of the fence.
Those poor people! When the sun went down there were no lights in the territory, the fence to the beach was locked. Occasionally we heard sounds of entertainment they provided for their guests followed by applauses that went on for two to three hours. It was definitely not for us! We were happy in our one bedroom apartment on the top floor looking over the sea and having dinners on our balcony.
In Corfu town:
In the village (up the hill), our favorite local place. The local wine is served cold. We loved it!
In our local restaurant/cafe:

It was one of the best times we have ever had! And we were in our best shape that year. We worked out 4 times a week and ate lots of vegetables and chicken fillet for 7-8 months before the trip.

We were happy to get that horrible room in the hotel so we could find this beautiful place that we fell in love with. Actually we came back there in September 2008, just a few months before our wedding :)


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