We're in Corfu today, and it's 97degrees in the shade. Not an inch of shade on our balcony, so I've been sitting in the Library for the last hour reading in the comfort of air conditioning. Dave and I decided to give Corfu Town a miss as it's so hot, and the memories of yesterday's disastrous venture into Dubrovnic are still vivid. Oh, did we not tell you about Dubrovnic? Well, briefly, we arived at noon and moored about 15 minutes drive from the old walled town, and shuttle buses had been laid on to ferry us back and forth throughout the afternoon. Well, that was the theory.
We watched from the upper decks as the throng wishing to get to town grew, and grew, and by about 12:15 there must have been 300+ people down there, getting hotter and angrier by the minute as no transport materialised. When a single coach eventually arrived there was a mass stampede towards it! Quite amusing from above, but there were lots of very cross passengers.
Dave and I decided to leave it till about 2pm, by which time there were 3 buses waiting empty on the dockside, and we had a comfortable ride into town.
However... did I say it was hot? Well, having briefly looked at Dubrovnik, which was nice but far too HOT and too many tourists, we faced a similarly long wait and chaotic scramble to get back to the ship. Mutiny was definitely in the air.
Julie and Dave, wisely, didn't even attempt to get off the ship!
Announcements onboard as we sailed away apologised profusely for the poor service (blaming the Croatians of course) and offering FREE DRINKS for everyone before dinner! Since we're on the early sitting we managed to take advantage of our own free pre-dinner drinks, and also those of secong sitting too, so we all ended up reasonably happy!
Now - back to the 5 a day theme. I am now officially the food eating champion, having managed 5 meals in one day. Breakfast, Lunch, Afternoon Tea, Dinner and Midnight Buffet!
Weight Watchers here I come.
Janet x
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