Blog 2

Blog number 2 , After that first trip to Egypt I decided to take the plunge on my own. ( after all it is expensive when you have to pay for your daughter as well.!!).
I decided to stay safe and joined an organised tour of the Greek Mainland, I loved it,( despite leaving behind my fantastic coverup wrap for my swimsuit on the back of a hotel door.)
On this trip I learned that paying a single supplement gave you a single room at the back of the hotel with no view to speak about I questioned the guide about this as I thought paying a single supplement got you the double room. The tour guide suggested that if I travelled with them again to not pay the single supplement but to offer to share. According to him they rarely had anyone to match you with so you end up in a double not paying extra. Well that backfired when I booked t up o tour Italy the following year. On my arrival at the hotel I was advised I was sharing with someone but they would not be arriving until later that night
I had settled myself in when a young Australian girl appeared, she was a teacher who had been teaching in England and was travelling around Europe before returning home. She was great fun and I really enjoyed sharing with her.
She even made me go on the chair lift on the Isle of Capri I would never of attempted that on my own as I dislike heights, another fear almost overcome !
I didn’t go with that company again as I decided I now had the confidence to really do my own thing and travel to far away places……which I did..