#blue ringed octopus are super scary though

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It's always really funny to me that Australia has a reputation as a dangerous animal place. Americans online will be like 'aaa Australia snakes [wear boots and leave them alone and you'll be fine] and spiders [no one has died of spider bite in the 40 years since sydney funnelweb antivenom was invented and almost every species is super calm]' it is such a dangerous place to go hiking!' YOU HAVE BEARS THAT WANT TO EAT YOU????

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Corfu 2017

Hello Everyone!

I’ve not been keeping up with my blog as much as I would have liked to recently, but June has literally FLOWN by. I’ve been super busy with lots of exciting things, but my recent holiday was just amazing.

                                           Primasol Louis Ionian Sun

We stayed at this all inclusive hotel (not the tiny hut in the picture!) that had its own private beach that was absolutely stunning. I’ve never visited anywhere in the Med before and its safe to say I was blown away by the gorgeous crystal clear sea.

I went away with my boyfriend and another couple that Charlie met at Uni, who fortunately I get on with incredibly well. It was so nice to have another couple to socialise with, plus it was a bonus when the boys wanted to go off snorkelling and us girlies could do some maxin’ relaxin’ on the beach. And it was H O T. I mean I can't cope when its too hot like 33 degrees plus, its a no from me. I’ll be in the shade with my book or swimming desperately trying to cool down. Luckily, Corfu was just right which meant I avoided sweaty, grumpy Em for the majority of the holiday.

We did a fair bit of exploring, visiting Corfu Town one night, Moratika for some pedalo fun and Elvis themed bars, and the tame town of Benitses (which was absolutely crap). 

I am quite a wet wipe when it comes to swimming. I never learnt enough when I was younger to be comfortable out of my depth and I vowed at the beginning of the holiday that you wouldn't catch me swimming far out where my feet couldn't touch the floor. 

It’s fair to say I ate my words!! 

At the beginning of the week I bought a watermelon rubber ring, which was legit the best investment ever! By the middle of the week I plucked up the courage to not jump off the pedalo, but kind of shimmy off it like a seal, and do it in a rather ungraceful way. Not gonna lie I was bricking it so I had a quick look around with the snorkel goggles on and got back on the pedalo, but I was really proud that I pushed myself to do something out of my comfort zone. 

By the end of the week, I was living for the snorkelling and even went out on my own a few times! I saw an Octopus, which was SO scary as I couldn't work out where it was to start with even though it was being pointed out to me; and I thought ‘FUCK what if it swims at me or sticks to my face like that squid in 22 Jump Street.’ (yes, a genuine fear) My confidence with swimming grew so much and I’m so glad it did as it meant I didn't miss out on seeing TONS of lil fishes which was kinda creepy that they followed you everywhere- but also super cute.

The Blue Lagoon boat trip was absolutely insane. We were out on the boat from 8:45am till 5:30pm travelling to the most beautiful places I have ever seen. We stopped off at a few locations like a small cove, some caves and also a cafe that had the most picturesque gardens.

This trip, for me was the highlight of the holiday. It was just so beautiful and crazy how the scenery is such a far stretch from jammy Brighton beach. It was so much fun exploring the different stop off points, and it is something that I would 100% recommend if you ever visit Corfu.

Overall, the holiday with filled with sun, sea, alcohol and good company which was just the best thing ever. I will defo be going back Greece at some point, it’s safe to say I absolutely fell in love with it.

Thanks for reading!

Em X

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