Corfu Town - well a few images from the touristy bit!

Egg Art

Zazzing up an old stool with some loving thread work.

Local goodies: Kumquat and Lemon liqueurs, Olive Oil, Olives and Preserves.

Puppets for the kids.

The locals are always up for a dance - me too!

 

 In Corfu town you could be in Venice, France, England or Greece. Many of the mansions are Venetian, Promenade arcades French and a there's a green as green Cricket pitch slap bang in the centre ( well almost, give a yard or two)

 Lawrence Durrell is one of my favourite authors, I didn't realize he had lived in Corfu until I came across the Park gate. Good Durrell reads in my opinion: Alexandria Quartet, Bitter Lemons and the Avignon Quintet. He also wrote Travelogues, Poetry, Drama and letters

Alongside part of the Old Fortress ( Palaio Frourio) built by the Venetians in the 15th century on the remains of a Byzantine castle. The British altered it a bit as well. There's a lighthouse on the inner outcrop.

Richard from the Rhondda

Greg and I walked from Corfu Town centre to the Anemomilos ( windmill) on the southern point of Garitsa bay. It is a reconstruction of the original on the same site until 1892 serving the milling needs of the town. This reproduction houses a small gallery, but it wasn't open today.

Then we met Richard from the Rhondda...

 

 

Here's Greg talking with Richard who has cycled from the Rhondda to Corfu in just six weeks ( ferry across the channel from Albania). He told us he had most of the forest roads to himself and that he camped 'wild' all the way. He plans to cycle to Turkey next summer!

 When I enquired about his cooking facility he got this MSR American Expedition cooker XGK out of a pannier. It's petrol driven and almost empty as he has to load it onto an EasyJet flight back to Bristol later tonight; after the flight he has the cycle ride back to the Rhondda :O) Note Lipton tea!

 Here it is firing up with a lead guard. When it was truly fired up it had a small, fierce blue flame, like a mini jet engine. Richard says he can boil water in seconds and potatoes in a few minutes! Says he would recommend it to anyone needing to travel light.

The Anemopolis again - see Greg sitting to left.

More friends arrive from UK

It is really lovely when friends come out and visit us. Thank you Annie and Keith for bringing the essential oils and for posting Greg's things to him :O)

 Annie and Keith - the oldest teenagers in Kavos :O)

Greg and Annie scrumping figs! And they were caught by an old lady LOL

 

 

Lunch onboard Lerryn Lady.

Annie and Keith snorkelling in Agni Bay.

The view from their hotel.

 

 

Full Moon freebie

We wondered into the Old Fort in Corfu town on the evening of the full moon in August and discovered an outdoor concert being prepared... so, we pulled up a chair and half an hour later Viola!

 Under the Full moon...

 We sat in front of St.George's Church with several hundred people...

This guy is quite famous within Greece ( I can't pronounce let alone spell his name) and has a very beautiful voice.

My Kind of Maths :O)

 

This makes perfect sense to me!

Extended comfort on Lerryn Lady

Thank you to our friend, Justin Chan, for bringing the memory foam mattress topper out from the UK for us - no mean feat as it came in a big package! We've been towing it in our dingy for a couple of weeks. Now, with a pontoon to work on and a good cutting knife we have the topper on our forepeak bed - even more comfort than before...topper plus gently rocking boat = Great sleep! Cheers Justin, hope you will come and try it for yourself next year :O)

 Justin helping Greg move forepeak berth cushions:

Justin and Greg in much needed shade - a café, north Kefalonia...

 

All Greek to me :O)

All you need to know to get started with the Greek alphabet:
 
P's are R's. Inverted l's can be G's  and also look like Y's. An E can be an H and Delta a triangle. Theta is a sort of an 'O'. One letter reminds me of a teepee and is the same as the one that looks like an inverted Y. Three horizontal strokes can also be written as a squiggle and E the wrong way round is an S. Y can be written as a V and  is infact an E.  F is an O with a vertical stroke inside it and X is a K and what on earth is that mini trident ?  Omega looks like a man with bandy legs ( body missing) and also a little like an  horseshoe.

 It helps that beers have simple names like άλφα, in English ALPHA - get it? After a few beers you will. Another beer is called καθορίσει - FIX.  Πότε μπορώ να συνθλίψει πλάκες means when do I get to smash  the plates? It's such fun, Greek :O)
Oh, and this is  for my  great-nephew in Berlin - this is Greek for Noah -  Νώε

I've just written my first letter in Greek, it's going to a couple called Vicky and Markos who befriended us in Kefalonia - here it is with a lot of help from Google!

 

Sun fuel to get ships around the World

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23936775

Yay way to go if you can't sail :O)