Did I mention I was off to Greece? Well it is half term and you wouldn’t teach if it wasn’t for the holidays. The last time I went on holiday I met the girls; do you remember the lovely dancers in Cyprus, Lisa, Laura, Emily and Kizzy?
Well, so far no dancers, but as you would expect the people, the weather and the food are wonderful. The first few days were extremely quiet as the hotel had opened the day we arrived for the season. Somewhat like ‘The Shining’ except the staff weren’t dead and there was no blood running down the walls 🙂
I love the Greek philosophy, the layback style. I was sitting on my balcony when I heard the cock crow, it was 7pm 🙂 On the second day I toddle down to reception where I receive a huge smile from the young lady. “Kalimera,” she says.
“Hello,” I say. “My shower only spurts forward and last night I lost an eye.” (It was a posh shower with jets everywhere) ” Maybe it is supposed to be like that?”
She smiles again. ” Maybe it is; this is Greece anything is possible.”
There were sheep or goats (yup charlie-countryboy should know the difference) outside my balcony, a Mini Golf outside the hotel with a Statue of Liberty? and some stairs the Health and Safety Executive would possibly frown upon.
The early mornings were fantastic with deserted streets, but there is always a cat, a scooter and a wheelie bin in Greece 🙂 and beaches.
C’mon, you know I’m not a travel blog. I just write tosh most of the time 🙂 There is always the Greek dancing which a lot of people enjoyed and there was Karaoke, now I am a music lover as you well know, so I will spare you the rant, but if I ever get to meet the person that invented Karaoke I would not be responsible for my actions grrrr.
So all in all a good break and ready for the final four weeks of term before I wave some of my students off into the world of work, haha they’ve no idea what’s in store for them during the next fifty years. But I can survive on the early morning memories until then 🙂
That was lovely, Charlie. Sitting here in my cozy little winter’s nest I felt almost like Springtime or Summer had crept in!
Yes, I remember the ‘girls’; all fabulous with great stories to tell. Here’s hoping you find more ‘stories’ like these. And yep; those stairs wouldn’t pass the test in Oz. Ouch!!!
“But I can survive on the early morning memories until then 🙂”
Okay, okay; that’s enough rubbing, Charlie. You’ll have me turning green…. 🙂
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Hope you’ve got plenty of straw in that nest 😜 I can’t imagine Oz having a winter lol. Yes I was hoping for some stories in Zante, but never mind. Have the British Athletic Championships at the end of June so maybe there’ll be some tales to tell 😀 As always love your comments 😀
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Hahaaaa… Yes, Charlie, we do have ‘winter’ of a sort here in Oz.. It was 4 degrees last night… Brrrrrr….. that’s cold for us. Mind you, it was a balmy 19 degrees today..
Ah well; that’s life in Oz.. Wonderful one day; perfect the next.. 😉 😉
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Great story, and I love the pics! I’ll have to peruse your site for more of these adventures. P.S. So glad the hotel wasn’t exactly like The Shining. 😀
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Thank you Michelle always love your comments 😀
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We don’t agree that you write tosh, but we DOOOO agree on karaoke!
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Aww bless you all 🙏 Out of all the WP community I just knew you wouldn’t be a Karaoke fan 😀
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You’re nominated for Awesome Blogger Award:
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Best wishes!
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There would be a national inquiry into those stairs in NZ! Hope you have a great term break. A friend of mine chose teaching because it fitted his surfing lifestyle …
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Haha yes I bet there would. Your friend is very sensible, thanks for commenting 😀
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Love it!
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Looks like a lot of fun, too bad no dancers 😛
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Yes they did add a certain something in Cyprus 😀
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Hahaha! Certainly a lasting memory.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
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Yes and the eye got better 😘
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A rather nonchalant mentioning of your eye. Obviously very serious. It is nice to know that your eye is better. Wishing you a full recovery.
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Lush ☺Well jel, as they say.
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I love your articles! Do you have a book,I’d sure love to read it!
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Thank you so much, funny you should mention that there is a book in progress, called The Siege of Mr Khan’s Curry Shop. Set in Bradford in the 1970’s, where it all began for me 😀😀
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Sounds interesting! I hope i get to read it someday.
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So do I 😀Incidentally when I click on your name it says your blog is no longer available? 😠
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It says that? Let me check
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Greece is always a wonderful place to visit.
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Very true 😀😀
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You are a good teacher
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Thank you 😀
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Reblogged this on The Silver Pen and commented:
Sounds like my kind of place, awesome.
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Thank you very much 😀😀
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