Our Honeymoon

Our Honeymoon, May 2009. There were no real dramas with getting to the airport, we were well organised this time. The flight was ok, just the usual annoyances.
Upon arrival in the capital of Crete, Heraklion, we were greeted with a luxury, private coach, just for our hotel. This we warmly received as that meant there would be no dropping off at other hotels which would have increased our transfer time. This was a little concern of ours as we had booked a resort.
We booked a 5 star hotel on a 5 star resort. We don't normally do this, but we thought it's our honeymoon and why not? The hotel happened to be all inclusive as well, we like to eat out and experience local restaurants and cafes but again thought it is our honeymoon and as it turns out, there were lots of different types of restaurants at the hotel.

First impressions were excellent, it certainly looked 5 star. Our room was incredible. The bed was huge and so comfy, didn't think we'd ever get out of it! The bathroom was all marble with a huge power shower with all the bells and whistles and the bath was a jacuzzi bath! We had booked a 'swim-up' room and certainly got that! Open up the patio doors and step out onto our decked porch and then straight into the pool! There was a like a river/pool that snaked around the hotel and had steps up to all the ground floor rooms.
We cracked open our bottle of Champagne and toasted our honeymoon. We went and had a wonder around and ended up at one of the pool bars for a Pina Colada and a lager. Here we met another honeymoon couple.
Slowly we went back to our room. We were both very tired from the trip as we had to show our faces at a birthday party hours before we flew!
Steph nearly slept in her clothes she travelled in as tiredness, Champagne and Pina Coladas make you very sleepy!

The first two days were a bit windy and rainy. The locals said it was the worst weather they had seen for a long time. No matter, we became excellent at table tennis and propped up the bars in the hotel and out! We wanted to wait for the sun to come out before we went exploring. We didn't have to wait long, day three to the end of our honeymoon, we couldn't have asked for better weather.
The honeymoon couple we met had gone to one of the sites we had on our list when it was raining and said they didn't enjoy it much as they rushed around it because otherwise they would have been soaked through.
We were staying in Crete longer than them, so stuck to our plan of waiting for the rain to stop.

A view from our flight

Our huge and most comfy bed

We were impressed with our room

Our Swim-up room

We stayed at the Caldera Palace in Analipsi, Crete.

Update

We are back from our trip to Wales. It was a brilliant trip and we managed to get the best of the weather which was a bonus. The dogs seemed to have the time of their lives!
We stayed in Tal-y-Bont and visited Barmouth, Tywyn, Harlech, Porthmadog/ Black Rock Sands and Shell Island. Trip report to come soon after Crete.

For our first anniversary we are off to London for a weekend. We have booked tickets to see Thriller Live in the West End and will be visiting as many attractions as we can fit in!
Can't believe it's been nearly a year already since we got married!

Time flies when you're having fun!

Crete report on it's way.

Sealife

Recently we went to the Sealife Centre in Birmingham. We had some 2 for 1 entry tickets, so thought we would use them. We enjoyed the visit. Andy was a bit disappointed that the Sharks weren't very big (and too quick for photos!) and the Piranha tank wasn't bigger! So a trip to the Blue Planet Aquarium in Chester might be on the cards. The photos we took weren't too bad, as flash photography is not allowed.

We're off to Wales with the dogs for a holiday, so we will start the Crete report when we get back. Wela i chi!

Sealife Centre Birmingham

We paid £15.50 for the both of us using the Merlin 2 for 1 ticket.

TSFC Trophy Night

On Saturday July 18th 2009, TSFC held their presentation night. Up for grabs were trophies for top scorer, most improved, best in training, players player and managers player, to name but a few! There were a few surprises on the night with special trophies for the manager and assistant manager from the lads to say thank you for helping them win the treble. There was also a surprise for the lads. Although TSFC came second in the Lucozade league, the manager presented the lads with a trophy from Lucozade and VIP tickets to see a premiership game. A good night all round!

The Treble!

TSFC have had a great season this year, they won the league and two cups. As you can see from the pictures there is a lot of silverware. Fully deserved, they worked hard and it paid off. Next season they have decided to conquer the premier league on a Sunday but may come back to Saturday football after that.