Crete 2014 - Day 7

Went for a walk along the coast towards Hersonissos. I say towards because there was no way we were going to make it all the way in this heat. We have done it before in the spring and it took 2 hours. There is quite a breeze as you can see from the sea. The "Caution - Floor is wet" sign is just about to get washed away!

Naturally we had to have a beer stop and even Mrs CT partook in quaffing the amber nectar.

I was wondering why she was in no rush to leave this establishment until I caught her taking this picture. And I am sitting right next to her? She has threatened to write her own blog entry on this subject for all the lady readers. I will reminder her again.

As we could not wander out on one of the concrete piers you will just have to put up with a video from 4 years ago, same beach, same Mrs CT, although looking a little lost!

Yes I know the title states day 7. Blog stuck in iPhone as explained yesterday.

Laters

 

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Crete 2014 - Special Vomitgate edition

Place - Main restaurant, Sensatori, Crete.

When - 21.20 on our first evening in the resort

Cast

• Emily - 10 year old girl from UK
• Emily's dad - Emily's dad
• Geek boy - 17 year old geek from UK dressed accordingly
• Eric - Greek waiter
• Twatos - Restaurant Manager
• Christos - F&B Manager

Names have been changed to protect the stupid and/or ignorant.

I will set the scene. Mrs CT and I had no choice but to eat at the main restaurant on our first night due to a complicated booking system that the hotel runs. We had a table in the adults only section which is on the opposite side to the chaos of the family area. Separating the two are the shared toilets. Starters had been obtained and consumed. We both decided on a plate of Calamari and fries with salad for main course. I was sitting facing the aforementioned conveniences, Mrs CT had her back to them and was therefore spared the actual act that began Vomitgate.

• 09:20 - for whatever reason, a noise or something I saw out of the corner of my eye, I looked up to see Emily being led by her dad towards the toilets. Stopping some 5 meters from the entrance, as in the above picture, Emily proceeded to reenact a scene from the Exorcist - projectile vomiting of great volume and force onto the tiled floor. The ejection in this instance was not green but a kind of fluorescent yellow consisting mainly, from what I could see, of a vast quantity of vanilla ice cream and half digested French fries.
• 09:20.15 sec - after a consoling "never mind" from Dad, Emily hurriedly produced batch two of the day's ice cream. Larger and more forceful than the first and this time accompanied by matching retching noises. At least this alerted one member of staff's attention, the photographer, who in turn shouted to Fred the waiter. "Don't look" I quickly said to Mrs CT who of course, being a woman, had to turn around and look. Bad decision.
• 09:21 - Emily and Dad exit stage left to the toilet to hopefully catch acts 3 and 4. Fred was now on the ball, or so we thought, disappearing stage right to fetch some cleaning equipment. No, all Fred brought back was a yellow triangle sign thingy with "Caution Slippery Floor". Oh how true these words.
• 09:22 - nothing happened
• 09:25 - still nothing
• 09:28 - Mrs CT now starting to lose patience jestured towards Fred that he should take further remedial action only to be met with a shrug of the shoulders. As these were the only toilets on this level, the footfall to and fro was persistent. Thank goodness people saw Fred's large yellow sign and therefore the puke pool beyond, which was now spreading evenly across the polished tile floor, and took an avoiding route.
• 09:30 - nothing
• 09:35 - Enter from stage right, the restaurant, came Geek boy. Trousers that didn't quite meet with the shoes, grinning to himself, probably as he was thinking of the next computermbob thingy he could buy, and really not paying attention to where he was going. You just know what's coming next!
• 09:36 - You where wrong! Geek boy made it to the loo intact.
• 09:38 - Geek boy, having completed his business, skipped merrily out of the toilets. My previous assumption that he had seen the Sea of Vomit on the way into the loo proved to be very very wrong. As his right foot made contact with shore of the said Sea he executed a slide of at least 1m before flipping into the air perfectly horizontally and landing with a firm splat in the middle of Emily's masterpiece.
• 09:39 - OMG! That certainly got a few peoples attention. What made it worse was that Geek boy really was an airhead and had not relised what he had fallen in and so made his way back to his table and his Mummy. It took milliseconds before his fellow dinners pointed to him in horror and sent him away to get cleaned up.
• 09:40 - This was more than enough for Mrs CT who shouted at the restaurant manager to do something about removing this hazard from the area. Twatos just mumbled something about housekeeping and scuttled off back to his desk. Knowing Mrs CT as I do, this was not a wise decision from Twatos. "This is ridiculous" she shouted, "I am going to report this to the Hotel Manager". Bearing in mind it was now 20 minutes since poor little Emily had poured forth, I had to agree that the lack of action from the hotel staff was unacceptable.
• 09:41 - Out of breath, after chasing Mrs CT up the stairs to reception, I caught the remnants of "GET ME THE MANAGER NOW"
• 09:46 - Enter Christos, the Food and Beverage manager, who had been superbly trained in customer relations and listened to Mrs CT's concerns in the most apologetic and reassuring manner. He would personally get this problem seen to.
• 09:50 - The curtains are finally drawn on this sorry little play. A bottle of red wine and a huge bowl of fruit made its way to our room the next day courtesy of Christos. Naturally we and our room number are now marked as "trouble" after making a formal complaint within 8 hours of arrival. We have not been back to the main restaurant since in fear of memory association.

THE END

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Nice comfy bed at our hotel

 

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Crete 2014 - Day 1

After only booking 2 weeks ago, we have made it to our summer destination of Crete. Our 4th visit in 6 years and the first time we have ever been back to a previous hotel.

The Atlantica Caldera Palace better known in the UK as Thomson Sensatori. Very nice, very comfortable and absolutely huge! I will post a few pictures of the place over the next few days. I am sure there will be plenty of stories over the next 2 weeks as there are so many people to watch. In less than 24 hours we have already witnessed Vomitgate and Mrs CT has fallen over twice. These 2 items are not connected in any way!

This is a picture taken from our second floor balcony looking across our pool and out to sea. We have arrived on the very day that there is no onshore breeze and the temperatures have hit 38c. The plunge pool has been most welcome.

When in Greece do as the Greeks do. So I did, a bowl of yogurt, apple & honey followed by a full English breakfast including fried bread - oh you bad boy!

Mrs CT getting stuck into her first Ice Cream of the hols. Talking of which, hopefully she has now finished applying her lotions and potions and is ready for dinner in the Red Saffron Taverna.

Laters!

Sensatori Crete - the best swim up rooms

Anyone thinking of going to the Thomson Sensatori resort in Crete this year?

The rooms on the corner are 6012 & 6013 - by far the best swim up suites in the complex. Film shot 3 years ago and stupidly in portrait rather than landscape.........and before any of you guys get excited, that is my wife you are looking at!