Corfu-Day 3

No sleeping in today-we are to meet in front of the hotel at 9:30. It is another cloudy day-I hope the water park isn't too cold.

We manage to get the front seats of the bus, vital on these roads when you have kids who are susceptible to car sickness. We wind around the road and swerve around cars for about 40 minutes. Looking around, I notice there is a lot of garbage laying about, unfinished buildings everywhere. It is not uncommon to see a house that has a finished bottom story with rebar sticking out the top waiting for a second floor. There are also houses that have the second floor, but the second floor is unfurnished and has no windows. This looks to be a handy location to dry laundry.

We made it to the boat without incident, or so I thought. Jason didn't escaped the bus before me, but didn't tell me to look out fast enough as I stepped thru another child's reaction to the rough ride. Yuck.

We were told to herd on down to the bottom of the boat as it took off. The kids were excited to be able to see the sea as we moved along. After about 20 minutes, the boat set anchor as 2 SCUBA divers went below to show us various sea creatures. It was completely and utterly cheesy. I am sure the creatures were in cages under the boat, but the kids loved it. Happy kids, happy parents. Once the divers came back aboard, they drove us to a random platform in the sea for another cheesy performance. This one involved some poor sea lions. Didn't quite compare to Sea World.

That all done, time for another 30 minute bus ride to the water park. The car park was looking pretty empty. We wandered in to the whines of 3 hungry children. Although we were told there were numerous places to eat in the park, all but one was closed. That one didn't have much left-they close October 31 as well.

We walked around a bit to explore before venturing into the freezing water. We found some chairs to spread out on in a nice grassy area that the sun sort of shined on every so often. The older 2 didn't seem to mind the cold water and wasted no time picking the first slide. I stayed to watch the bags, while Jason braved the water and took all 3 to the pirate play area. Jillian lasted about 15 minutes.

The rest of the day was spent with Jason & the older 2 enjoying themselves, while Jillian napped and I wished I brought my book. The coldness of the air and water really didn't change the amount of fun that was had, and on the bright side there were no lines to wait in.

We were able to get the front seats on the bus once again. The Thompson reps had to force the driver, Costas, to open his window (he was a bit smelly). About half way back Jillian started to cough in that all to familiar way. The quick reacting reps told the driver to pull over and out of nowhere we were handed tissues and a bag. Disaster averted.

We got back to the hotel, washed up and went to dinner. Where. Ah-you guessed correctly, The Balcony. Kaitlyn ventured out and got fish fingers, Griff and Jilly stuck with pasta. I went with the Greek Salad and Chicken with Mushrooms and rice and requested no chips. Jason picked Greek Salad and Stifado. The hotel staff was very intuitive and each night brought the kids dinner with our salads. We let them eat dessert while we had our main.

Dessert was an event. Each dessert is decorated with umbrellas, plastic monkeys and sparklers. As they are being served the waiter says, "Happy Birthday." Needless to say, we will go home with a handful of plastic monkeys (they also attach them to the kids straws). Off to the disco., then bed.