Let Me Entertain You

In addition to the many sporting and fitness activities, our hotel has an entertainment programme in the evenings. This is a concept of which I have a horror, dating back to the first time I encountered such a thing on a holiday in Mallorca with James in the 1980s where I found myself at a barbecue evening singing along with "Viva Espana." However the entertainment programme here is not unpleasant and easy to opt out of. So far there has been a film night on the big screen at the pool bar, which was quite good fun, and where the Olympics Opening Ceremony was screened last night. There has been a quiz night which was good fun - especially because we were in the winning team! This consisted of several rounds of questions interspersed with challenges and tasks. One of the other teams shouted "Get in!" every time that they got a question right, and then when they got one wrong they shouted "Get out!", which I thought was very funny! Our team were a friendly bunch and we had a good laugh. Then there was an Open Mic night some of which was inevitably a bit cringeworthy, but some of which was amazingly good, especially the boys' friend Zoe who sang Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" absolutely brilliantly. Last night was the weekly awards ceremony for all the different activities and it was a good laugh. The "beach team" all carried one of their number in to the bar area on a sail board! Jamie got an award in his sailing class, not for good sailing but for bantering with another guy in the group! James said that the pair of them were so competitive that they turned everything into a race! I mustn't forget Greek night with the traditional music and dancing! So the entertainment is quite good, and, because it is centred at the pool bar, if you've had enough of it all you need to do is wander away to one of the many other sitting areas around the hotel such as the olive grove or the lounge bar. Quite often we all play chess or draughts together before the boys head into town later with their friends. Tonight we are planning a quiet evening at the pool bar after our dinner, and I think the boys are intending to stay in the hotel too - they are exhausted because they didn't get in from Myrina until 6 a.m. this morning which did not impress James and me!