Day 5- Paxos & Anti-Paxos/Day 6- Corfu

Day 5
Yesterday we took a boat cruise to the Blue Caves off the coast of Paxos and Anti-Paxos. We took a 3 hr ride to get to Paxos. When we got there we rode around close to the shore and were able to explore the caves off the coast.

Then we went to Anti-Paxos and went swimming. We had to jump off the boat in order to get into the nice blue water....... which was freezing cold and soooo salty. The water here is actually so salty that you don't have to put much effort into swimming to stay afloat. We swam for a bit and then got back on the boat and headed back to Paxos, where we then got off the boat for 3 hrs. We explored the island and then went to the beach. Their beaches are pebble beaches however we sat at the rockey edge because the rocks were too slippery to venture out further and Chrissy almost fell and resprained her ankle. We then had lunch and walked around the shops before snagging some gelato and heading back to the boat.

When we got back last night we showered in the tiny shower and had a bit of a mishap as the door fell off mid-shower. The bathroom was a bit flooded after all the showers were taken. We did our first round of "sink" laundry with Chrissy's shampoo so all of our clothes had an extra "body boost" today. Unfortunately we found out that we had to be checked out of rooms at 11am today not 6pm so we did a bit of quick drying with the blow dryer and plan on hanging the rest of the clothes tonight in our room on the ferry...opps.

We then headed to dinner and sauntered into a few shops on the way and one of the locals recommended a fabulous resturant. We decided to be adventurous and try the local speciality, Sofritas which was beef smothered in a garlic sauce with rice. The beef was great the rice was something that mom might have been cooking because it was a bit crunchy. We made friends with the waitress learned how to write our names in greek and ended up getting entertained by fellow customers from Sweden that Cindy likes referring to as "Woodland Ferries". They were celebrating the first day of summer we think and had flowers in their hair and kept singing ridiculous songs, doing the wave, and dancing around the resturant. We laughed hysterically and tried to figure out what the hell they had been drinking.

Day 6
Today we headed back into Corfu town after attempting to reblow dry our clothes and packing our bags. We walked around enjoyed a leisurely lunch and coffee and had some great people watching experiences. We are now sitting in the lobby of the hotel waiting to load up the bus in about 15min to catch a ferry back to the main land and then an over night boat to Italy. Although the forecast for Rome is rain so thats not super exciting, but we are excited to go to a new country and start some more sightseeing.