Sunrise

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Woke up to the sun rising over the Aegean sea. After having made the life-changing discovery that the train seats pulled out into a bed of sorts, I slept reasonably well, in spite of our cabin-mate's uproarious snores. I've realized that it has been a while since I was actually up before the sun, and now want to watch the sunrise more often. I miss a bit my early morning bike rides to work last summer along the bay in Kona.
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We got into Brindisi and after some effort are now at the ferry port. We were herded into a white van by a few nominally official-looking men that spoke three words of English between them and didn't even attempt italian and were taken for a joy ride through the boonies. I half expected the van to stop at any likely-looking clump of bushes and for our helpful drivers to politely rob us blind. However, they deposited us safely at the check-in office, and my faith in humanity was restored somewhat.
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Ferry trip fine - Corfu is gorgeous. Learned how to say thank you: efkarishto. Woohoo. I'm kind of left without words by this place. I feel like I'm dreaming, actually. After the broken sleep and the five hour ferry ride, we're here! Picked up at the port by Andrea and treated to a lovely drive through the island. Then we arrived at the hotel and were amazed into giddiness by how nice it is. We're overlooking a little crescent bay and craggy green cliffs, and our room is complete with a balcony with the same view. The lovely Sofia informed us that we were the first guests of the season - we are consequently being treated like royalty. Coffee to welcome us as we watched the sunset from the dining room, a wonderful meal cooked by Andreas, the handyman-driver-chef-bartender etc etc and coffee genie (more on this later) and to top it all off post-dinner ouzo (a Greek licorice flavored liqueur many of you will remember from My Big Fat Greek Wedding) on the house. I am floating on a cloud. This will be the perfect ending to our adventures.

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Photos

The Bella Vista
If you're in Corfu...