Corfu

Tuesday 30th August

After another late start we set off for Corfu. The instructions in the daily programme had been quite explicit – that the terminal building (where we would get the shuttle bus) would be 2 ship lengths' walk away. The question is, that length walk was from where? We walked half the length of our ship, plus a distance between ships, then past another long ship and could see buses in the distance. I thought they were our shuttle buses but they turned out to be excursion buses for another ship. From that point it was another half a kilometre (2 ship lengths) to the terminal building. We had the choice of walking it or going back one ship length and catching a shuttle bus within the port. We walked on in the heat. My feet were dragging by the time we reached the terminal and the shuttle buses.

There was quite a traffic jam getting into the old town but at last we arrived. It was just as I remembered. We wandered through the narrow alleys and looked in all the shops. One lovely thing about Corfu is that every shop seems to stock different items. I have bought jewellery in Corfu before. I like their selection.

We sat down in one of the old shady buildings for a drink and to use the wifi. Unfortunately it kept dropping out and we could not get anywhere. We finally went inside where it was a bit too warm but the wifi was much faster.

We went back to the ship shortly before 4pm. The bus ride back was faster and more scenic, being beside the shore. This time we caught the port shuttle bus, which took us from the terminal building to the end of our ship. It was much better to only have to walk half the length of our ship. (The next day I had a little talk with Guest Relations and suggested – making clear that it was a suggestion and not a complaint – that they make the instructions for this port clear in future, and pointed out the consequences to my health of the wrong instructions. At first they were sure they had it right, but then checked and realised that the correct information had arrived in an email but the information in our daily programme was incorrect.)

We spent our usual time in Café al Bacio and then an hour by the pool before returning to our room. My legs felt like concrete as I tried to walk up the stairs by the pool. I was too exhausted to get dressed for dinner. We decided to eat in the Oceanview Café (the buffet). It was not brilliant but it was easy. Afterwards I went back to our room to rest and sat on the balcony and read while David went to the show and then sat in the martini bar. He came back about 11pm and we had an early night.

During the night David started talking in his sleep. I found that I could ask him questions, like what day it was, and he could give quite lucid answers and yet not remember a thing in the morning. I had quite a laugh as I ‘chatted’ to him.