Corfu Adventures

Well, I barely survived, but Steph and I are leaving Corfu today. It was a truly exhausting 4 days. I can definitely see why half the travellers here have found themselves accidentally staying here for weeks on end, the days just seem to get away from you.
On Friday we went on the infamous Pink Palace booze cruise. Basically it involves putting 40 backpackers on a boat with booze and loud music and just seeing how it turns out. It was how I imagine spring break is...in Vegas...only worse. Or better, I suppose, depending on one's definition. While we were still coherent enough to make the climb, we got to do a 55 foot cliff jump and explore some bat caves early in the day. It was FUN. We barely made it back to our room, showered, and passed out for a 2 hour power nap before I was shaken awake by Steph demanding, "I put on makeup, we're rallying, let's go." So away we went to dinner, where we met up with some of the staff from the boat and they took us to this great Greek tavern with a bartender who made us all kinds of delicious layered intense beverages.
Saturday morning was a rough one. We couldn't mobilize until around 2pm, at which point we dragged our haggard selves into town to have lunch. Sadly, I ordered a delicious hunk of barbecued lamb but was too hungover to appreciate its juicy goodness. I guess I'll just have to get some more! Back to the Pink Palace because Saturday night is Toga Night! After trying unsuccessfully to tie the giant satin toga around ourselves in any sort of adorable way, we cut one in half and managed to fashion some halter top/belt things that looked reasonably good. The party had Greek dancers, plate smashing, ouzo, the works. I was apparently the object of some staff member's affection as I was selected from the crowd to take a shot of ouzo, standing on both of the Greek dancers while they did these biology-defying backbends and bouncing up and down to the music. Pretty sure everyone in that place saw more than they should have when I dismounted, but it was really fun nonetheless.
Sunday morning we were unceremoniously booted out of our room at the WAAAAY TOOOO EARLY 9am checkout. We wandered down to breakfast and somehow found the strength of will to go on a kayak safari today. It was 5 hrs of paddling in the blazing sun but we're really glad we went. We did another cliff jump (much shorter this time), some snorkling, and took a trip up several hundred stairs to a tiny old cliff-top monestary. Tonight we're taking the night bus to Athens, then heading to Santorini. Thats all for now!