Blogs from Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece, Europe - page 14

Corfu! Well...not quite. Jeff and I went to the airport after spending our 2nd day in Athens. We arrived expecting to leave at 7pm on a 1 hour flight. Little did we know that Olympic Airlines had changed our flight and never told us. They randomly changed it to 11:45pm. And then on top of that, it was delayed until 12:45. We found out later that this is typical. Armed with our 6 euro meal voucher, Jeff and I found a table where we could plug in our computers and do some work. We got some airport food, and found a bottle of wine and settled in for our 6 hour delay! Well....3 bottles of wine later, we finally ended up on the plane and arrived in Corfu around 2am!!!! You all don't yet know why ... read more

Well about 70 days in and still no beach, so we decided now is the time. We boarded a plane to Athens on our way to the Ionian island of Corfu to relax and hopefully not sunburn. Athens has lots to see but is overpriced and not the cleanest city so we only stayed the night.We were off to the island which supposedly was created by posiedon coming out of the water and cutting it away from the mainland with his trident. We arrive early at The Pink Palace, a resort for backpackers, offering cheap accomodation with free meals.(and as the name suggests everything is pink) We notice that the people who are checking out all look like they have not slept in a week and are all hungover. Maybe not exactly a place for peace ... read more

Hey all! Well, Andrea and I have finally made it to sunny beaches and at least relatively cheap prices. We're here on the Greek island of Corfu in the Ionian Sea and we couldn't be happier. We've been soaking up the sun and relaxing, which is nice because the last two months sometimes felt like a sight seeing/museum marathon. We think we'll be here in Corfu for about 8-9 days, I may finish my Open Water Diving training, but then we may just spend the whole time at the beaches. But for now, I'll get back to where I left off in my accounts of our travels and there will definitely be pictures. Let's see, where was I?... Italy Oh yeah, when we last left our intrepid travelers, they had just made it back to Paris ... read more

Well this morning I arrived at six in the am, off the overnight ferry from Ancona. Not much sleep, the only place you can is a room with "air seats"; basically similar to what you'd find on an airplane. Except there's people all over the floor, snoring loudly, with babies, etc. I'll have a nap this afternoon. The place at which I've arrived is called the Pink Palace and seems designed chiefly for partying; I'd planned to stay at an affiliated hostel called Corfu Backpackers which is actually down on the beach. I'm still going to look into that. It's really nice here-can't wait for the sun to come back out. Lush and green, and we're on the side of a mountain looking down at the Adriatic Sea. I'm off to hunt down some souvlaki if ... read more

My previous blog looked forward to a leisurely cycle into Bari and a ferry to Corfu. It didn't quite turn out that way. Buouyed by finding a campsite 20 kms north of Brindisi, a sunny day and the prospect of a much cheaper ferry, I went for the 120 km ride and, porridged-up, made it, to find the camping book had lied and the campsite was shut, so a long, cheap day became longer (145 kms) and expensive, with a hotel in Brindisi and NO ferry the following day, so a train into Bari and the original ferry after all. Hmph. The extra day in Matera had been worth it, with a visit to a contemporary sculpture museum housed in one of the cave buildings and one or two cracking exhibits. So now Corfu. Not quite ... read more