Corfu. Its time to go home

OK, so it was a simple straight forwards,out of the brochure, week away with the girls. Booked a year and a bit ago, a rare return to a previous holiday destination. It was billed as a last hurrah before Jen heads off into her own big bad/good world. San Stefanos is a smallish Corfu village which is largely uninhabited in the off season (a bit like many North Norfolk coastal villages) but comes alive when the sun shines. There's nothing too pretentious here. A great beach, warm seas, plenty of (samey) tavernas to eat at and we got lucky with some great apartments at Tsaros, which is where I sit poolside right now.
Weirdly the owners allocated us the exact same apartment as our previous trip in 2010.  Apartment 5. It's quiet, plenty big enough for us 4 and has wonderful sea views. It's a sweaty step up and down  the hill to the beach and taverns each day but always manageable, even late at night after a belly full of stiffadfo, cheap local wine and beer
As we chose to be here for just a week, we've not ventured too far from our base. There's been no need and even less desire from the girls. The whole resort seems quiet though the travel reps claim that all available holiday space is occupied. Even now, in +35° of morning sun, we are the only bodies round the pool.
We've made some cracking food choices this week, with the surprising stand out being the new beach side restaurant called Chili Wills. Service is desperately slow  but charming. The food and the sunsets make it all worthwhile. For no apparent reason they did an unannounced Mexican food evening last night which was v.good - even if we were looking for something a bit more traditional on our last night
The remainder of today looks a bit gruelling. Hours and hours of travelling while the temp nudges 40° .
I know tomorrow it will be just a bunch of memories, but they will be good memories.
We made a pact to return here again in another 5 years. As a holiday (for us), there's not much more you could want.
Pictures will be up on my Flickr site in a day or so.
Thanks Corfu, but its time to go home