We survived the bus ride, barely, even I was getting sick, and walked aboard Theo's boat. The plan for the day was to enjoy a 30 minuted or so boat ride to Limnopoula Beach near Kassiopi. At the beach we could play in the water, enjoy water sports and lounge around while waiting for the crew to prepare a BBQ lunch of chicken or pork chop, salad, bread and tsatziki. After lunch we were to get back on the boat to visit the Blue Lagoon and a cave before returning to Corfu.
Theo's antics started soon after we left the dock. Immediately he honed in on some Scottish ladies and a teen boy. He told one boy to go sit next to a girl, put his arm around her and kiss her; and if he didn't then, Theo would kiss him. Next he took someones hat and walked away returning minutes later and put the hat back on.
The trick was in the hat-Theo filled it with shaving foam. Griffen didn't have a hat on, but Theo decided a nice mohawk made with shaving foam would look nice. After a few more practical jokes, we arrived on Kimnopoula Beach.
The men helped Theo and his brothers unload the food and the rest found some lounge chairs. In high season, some 300 people land here for Theo's BBQ-we were the last group of the season with just some 40 odd people (much nicer that way). The day was turning out to be beautiful-sunny and warm.
Theo's crew set about lighting the grills and prepping for lunch. Picture this-a nice secluded beach, a very tan Greek man standing in nothing but small shorts and a sombrero lighting a grill with something that looked like a blow torch. Love it.
Jason went out on water skis, the Kaitlyn ran to the water, Griffen set off with another boy and Jillian sat on a towel under an umbrella trying to play with sand without actually touching it. The air was soon filled with screaming children as Theo talked Kaitlyn into opening her hands with her eyes closed only to find a small crab crawling on her.
Soon the wind was just right and two men decided to go up on the parasail. Here is anther picture for you to conjure...two fairly large men, bald men with tattoos at that, standing behind each other in harnesses. Theo walked up to us and said-"oh I can spot them anywhere-pooftas."
Lunch time-nice juicy chicken breast, fresh bread, tomato, cucumber & red onion salad and tsatziki and all the wine you can drink. Kaitlyn cleaned her chicken up like it was her last meal, and the salad was so fresh and simple that we had to go back for more. After lunch we cleaned up and went back on the boat. By the time we got organized on the boat, I noticed several kids running around with black shoe polish on their faces...Theo must be at it again. With ample warning-a water fight soon started. I thought Jillian and I were safe sitting far back on the top deck-but we still got a shock of cold water.
Our next stop was a gorgeous blue lagoon that Theo set anchor in. Jason was the first to jump off the top deck. Kaitlyn fearlessly jumped of the back and after some serious coaxing Griffen went down the water slide Theo had on the back of the boat. When Jason went off the top, one of the Scottish men said he'd marry me if Jason didn't make it. As I was contemplating jumping off the top-a Scottish woman came up next to me and looked down. After claiming it was pretty high-she climbed over the edged and dove, not jumped, in without a second thought.
Our next stop was a cave that was used during the War to hide gunnery. Theo drove the boat right in and was what seemed like inches from the side of the cave to the boat.
We returned to the hotel for a quick dip in the pool to clean off the beach and changed for dinner-yes our last night we went back to the Balcony.
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