Corfu town

Thanks , Alex , the town was very busy when we took a stroll around . Was this a Sunday perhaps ?
We had refreshments in the resturant by the cricket-pitch .
I liked Corfu very much .

very interesting, thanks alex.
i loved that fern growing in the tree.

Definitely Sunday and Siesta time!!! I had to wait a few times here and there for people to get out of the way. ;o)

You should have seen the roads two hours after these pictures...absolutely packed!!! Carnival season.

Thanks Sticki. I'm thinking about giving it a try on my palm trees.

good idea, definitely worth a try.

Beautiful pics! It like a great place to live...and all that rich history.

If I could have a garden I would move to Corfu town....it fascinates me (always has).

Lovely pics there Alex, thanks for sharing with us

You're welcome Sheilar. I'm glad you like them.

Wonderful blog, Alex. Thank you :o)

lovely seeing corfu again, lovely blog Alex :o))

stunning views Alexandra - love that fern too !!!

Great photo`s Alex, looks a stunning place to visit, thankyou for sharing...

It's a long time since we stayed on Corfu (40 years almost exactly) and I seem to remember sitting outside a hotel(?) drinking Coca Cola and watching a cricket match take place on the pitch opposite, right in the middle of the town. Did I imagine this or does it still happen?

Thanks Terra, Sanbaz, Paul and Lincslass. I'm glad you enjoyed the pictures and so happy to share them with you.

It still happens Gattina, mostly in the summer. A lot has changed and all for the better!

I have mixed memories of Corfu - It's where I discovered I was pregnant (and very sick) as was the daughter of the taverna where we were staying. We went back 7 years later and compared the relative outcomes. (mine was better. Well, prettier, anyway!)

You're funny. ;o)

Thanks Alex, for a lovely tour. I LOVE Corfu . . . had a couple of hols on the north-east coast (near The White House?), and took a boat trip across the bay to visit Corfu Town . . . then we got lost!

You're welcome Sheilabub. I like the north-east side...I don't go that way much but I do like it.
(The White House)...was it in Kalami?
lol...they should hand out maps of Corfu Town.

Yes . . . Kalami. Apparently the White House where Lawrence Durrell used to live can now be rented for a holiday. Bet it costs a small fortune!

We stayed in a little villa with a pool, and I remember masses of wild flowers, and very friendly restaurants - Poli Kala!!

That was interesting. I love to see historical places like that.

I wonder.....

Bravo, you kept up with your Greek. Poli kala. ;o)

Thanks Hywel. It's interesting for me too, because I wasn't raised here.....I'm learning as I go along.

Thank you for sharing your beautiful photographs, having never been to Greece, Corfu Town looks like a photographers paradise

You made me smile, Alex . . . "kept up with my Greek", lol. Apart from Kalimera, Kalispera etc., Poli kala is about all I remember! But when I said it to a restaurant owner he threw up his arms and yelled in delight - so it was well worth having a go. :))

You're welcome Johnboy68, I'm glad you enjoyed the pictures. I found out today that Corfu has gorgeous waterfalls. I think I'll be going hiking soon.

LOL.....he sounds like my father.
A few words are better than no words especially when you make others happy. ;o)))

Good saying of your father's. :))

;o)))

I remember small Daughter being taught the phrase "Yasu nafta!" (hello sailor) and very happily tripping round the locals when we were on holiday there, practising it on all and sundry. She got rather a warm response from pretty much all of them, sailors or not.
I just got the basics under my belt - "Where's the bus stop?", "Where's the loo?" "Too expensive." "Hallo", "Goodbye", "Yes, no, please, and thankyou".
I've forgotten the lot, now.

I know what you mean Gattina. People love it when they speak English to my little boy (five and half now) and he answers in English. He only know the basics (for now).
Those are the kind of phrases I would want to know as well!

How sweet! I can just picture it!
I've always considered it terribly bad manners and very arrogant to visit a country without learning the basic courtesy phrases in the local language. I remember my father, when we went abroad, speaking English VERY loudly and slowly, and it embarrassed the Hell out of me. Why should anyone be expected to speak OUR language in THEIR country? Both daughter and I started learning smatterings of other languages when we visited anywhere as tourists, and it has now become her profession. Apart from anything else, it immediately (with the possible exception of parts of France) provokes smiles and helpfulness that you have made the effort.

I agree with every word Gattina. :)) It's also fun (well, I can only do this in French) to understand another conversation, say in the queue at the boulangerie, without the participants having a clue that you know exactly what they're saying!

We have the terrible habit of imagining that people here don't speak English at all, or well enough to understand our English conversations, and it's very embarrassing to find out that the lady in the next queue is English and you've been discussing her. LUCKILY, we were only saying nice things about her, and now we are the best of friends. It cured us, though.

I do the opposite Gattina, because I look so Italian, the touristy Brits and Americans don't realise I can understand every word they're saying when they're moaning about something over here or relating some fact that is totally wrong - I sometimes (not often) but in and put them right and they're SO shocked and embarassed!!

It's fun, isn't it?

thanks for sharing us your beautiful place , very sacred!

I'm glad you enjoyed it Junna.