Corfu-Final Day

Our initial plans for today were to hire a car and drive into Corfu town. Jason has just been knackered from all the business travel, and the kids just wanted to play, so we decided to spend a brainless day at the pool.

First we went out for a nice breakfast-apparently Greeks usually only have a cigarette and coffee for breakfast. We went to the first place we ate at-Jason & I got special omelets and Greek coffee, Griff and Jilly opted for plain scrambled eggs and Kaitlyn got an English breakfast (eggs, toast, baked beans). Once we had our fill, we stopped at the grocery for snacks and went to the pool.

It was another beautiful day and with winter almost upon us we soaked up the warm sun. Around 3 we cleaned up, checked out of the hotel and went into town for an early dinner. We decided to eat at a place that looked like it had smaller meals. Jillian fell asleep in Jason's arms on the way. As we went to sit at a table, a young girl came over with 2 chairs and pushed them together-it took us a minuted to realize it was meant for Jason to lay Jillian down so we could eat. I love traveling in countries that appreciate families and children-England isn't one of them. Soon after we sat down and ordered, the Icelandic family arrived. Our kids, their kids and the daughter of the restaurant staff played a few rounds of Foosball and chased around one of the many cats wandering around the patio.

Just as we were about to eat, a rat ran in the rafters above our heads. I hope we don't get sick. Food wasn't too bad-we made sure to order hot food. Just as we finished Jillian woke up wanting to eat so we ordered her a small plate of pasta while all the other kids disappeared.

As we got up to pay-we found the kids-they were all sitting on top of a pool table watching cartoons with the little Greek girl. After we collected everyone-we went back to the hotel to wait for our bus to the airport.

Typical of small European airports, security was pretty lax. Griffen walked through with a tube of hydrocortisone in his backpack and Jason had an open bottle of kumquat liqueur. It was a long day-we didn't get back to London until nearly midnight and then we had a 2 hour drive home. All in all a good family trip.