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  • Day 17

    Delicious Food in Cortu Town

    May 18, 2024 in Greece ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

    We’ve really been enjoying all the different types of food in Corfu. Some things we are familiar with but they taste better here (like Moussaka), some things have a unique Greek twist (Greek coffee), and many things are new to us (Greek donuts). Luckily we are walking a ton so hoping we are burning off what we eat. We’ve also been sharing meals vs getting our own, which we learned is the Greek way. Greeks are like the Spaniards in that they don’t eat dinner until 9:30/10 pm, or even 11. Last night (a Sunday) at 10 pm families with young children were just sitting down to dinner at restaurants we passed walking back to our hotel. Restaurants here stay open until midnight- luckily for us they open early for us tourists so we can eat earlier.
    We don’t have any one favorite dish, but we’ve loved a few more than others- a super tender grilled octopus with fava bean purée. And a shrimp tartare that was amazingly good. The fish that’s served is super fresh and you can taste that in the meals. The feta is made locally and is really good, I’m making myself hungry so will stop here. See pictures and captions for more. Hope you enjoy.
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  • Day 2

    Einfach genießen

    May 4 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    Der Tag fing leicht bewölkt an. Meine Morgenrunde war wieder zauberhaft. Ich habe die Majestic Princess ankommen gesehen. Wir haben uns nach dem Frühstück Liegen direkt am Meer gesucht und den Tag einfach Tag sein lassen. Selbst für die Getränke muss keiner Aufstehen. Zum Mittagessen gab es einen Snack am Pool. Das Superbikerennen haben wir auf der Liege am Strand verfolgt.Read more

  • Day 11

    Corfu, Greece

    April 17 in Greece ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    Our excursion was cancelled and there wasn't a taxi to be had so Peter decided to rent a car and explore. Wanted to visit the famous Paleokastitsa beach and tour the island. Pete did a great job on the narrow winding roads. We found the beach plus two more! Got sidelined for a bus on a single lane road. Enjoyed Old Town Corfu, lovely place. I'm thinking, I could do Corfu again.Read more

  • Day 129

    Korfu

    April 14 in Greece ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    Korfu ist mit 585 km² die zweitgrößte ionische Insel, wird als grüne Insel bezeichnet und zählt zu den wohlhabenden Regionen Griechenlands.
    Wir besuchen das dem Verfall preisgegebene Sisischloß, kommen beim Geburtsort von Prinz Philipp vorbei und bummeln durch Korfu Stadt, das sehr venezianisch geprägt ist!Read more

  • Day 45

    küstenfarben

    October 24, 2024 in Greece ⋅ 🌙 18 °C

    zeltnachtjubiläum, 100 mal ‚draussen‘ naturnah genächtigt…
    ebenso oft, camping morgenkaffee zum start in den tag…
    wandern mit viel ferienprospektaussichten auf küsten und buchten…
    einblick in die vorbereitungen zur ernte in den olivenhainen…
    etwas nervosität mit dem busfahrplan, der aktuell in der nachsaison öfters angepasst wird…
    zufrieden zurück beim zelt und den essensvorräten…
    gesättigt.
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  • Day 19

    Wunderschönes Corfu Adé

    October 23, 2024 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    Es war eine tolle Woche mit herzlichen Begegnungen und genussvollen Momenten, also so wie immer auf Korfu.
    Die 3.000 Kilometer Marke knacken wir ebenfalls noch auf der Insel.
    Heute Abend geht es dann auf den erlebnisreichen Rückweg, zuerst setzen wir wieder über nach Igoumenitsa und anschließend über Nacht Richtung Süditalien Brindisi (Ampulien).Read more

  • Day 37

    höhlenbergwanderung

    October 16, 2024 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    mit dem öv der küste entlang zum start der wanderung…
    weg von einfach bis ziemlich überwachsen…
    stimmungsvolle atmosphäre in der grossen höhle…
    mittagspicknick mit hungrigen mücken…
    zurück zum meer durch eichenwälder…
    feierabendbier in der hafenbucht…
    abwechslungsreich.
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  • Day 56–64

    En route pour la Grèce !

    September 8, 2024 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

    C'est à Messine au nord-est de la Sicile que nous retrouvons la maman et le beau-père de Mathieu. Ensemble, nous naviguerons jusqu'à Athènes.

    Première étape de ce voyage, rejoindre la mer Ionnienne par le détroit de Messine et la traverser d'Ouest en Est jusqu'à Corfou en Grèce.

    Les vents sont soutenus et une dépression traversant la méditerranée nous apporte quelques vagues courtes et cassantes, heureusement au portant.

    En arrivant, le vert luxuriant des îles forme un vif contraste avec les hautes montagnes érodées des côtes d'Albanie et de Grèce qui bordent la mer Ionienne à l'est.

    Les grecques parlent tous très bien anglais ce qui facile grandement les échanges et les démarches administratives avec les douanes qui n'auront pris "que" 2 jours ...
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  • Day 3

    Everybody was Corfu fighting (hyah!!)

    July 12, 2024 in Greece ⋅ 🌙 26 °C

    Somebody call John Travolta!! Cos we wanna save some horses 😏🤠. Jkjk it’s cos we are in GREECE BABAYYYY!!!!!! You may in fact be wondering “but why are the gods returning to greece?” if you have read the title. Well in fact, that is us. We are that full of ourselves. This blog is gonna be full of gen z stuff that only the cool kids will get and if you don’t understand it’s because you are too old and shouldn’t be on the internet anyways boomer, it’s past your bedtime. Jkjk we are open to all audiences as we are also super inclusive plus we need the views. We are mainly writing this because dad refrained from including our funny funny jokes so we thought the world needs to hear them.
    So. On the plane here Leg was reading Better than the Movies which it in fact was not. Liv was watching Revenge of Others which she finished and said it was “Schmackin’”. Ruby was watching Nuprsats. She said it was “Schlackin”. Ru also took a pic of Leg waking from a deep slumber and tis funnyyyy. We then took a hire car to our ✨destination✨. We proceeded to munch some bussin’ food in the tavern where we were served by a kid who we will call Lil’ Ginger Lad. Bro was far from home (home being hell because gingers have no souls. Jkjk) We then returned and snozzled (did we tho? Heh)
    The next snazzy day we awakened ourselves to enjoy breakfast in the tavern. Nothin much happened then we came back then we chilled for a while and then we went to Ipsos. (Honorary mention to dads chuckle worthy blog, Ipsos Factos, top tier 10/10 comedy, would smash.) Leg got a pair of Gucci sunnies and implores me not to mention that they are counterfeit, so I won’t. We also saw a great “view” 😏 bro was a snack. He was giving main character vibes iykyk. We then went to the beach each let’s go get away, Leg tried to drown Ru and mum was casually getting receipts. Anyways the swim slayed the boots down. We then bopped along to another beach each let’s go get away but twas decidedly less boppin’ and thusly we did not partake in natation. We came home (honorary mention to our swaggy comedy including “my soggy little footsies” “salted caramel yum yum yum” and “This is Howie Duwett down in PueRTo RiCo” and went to town. No literally we went to the town but it wasn’t giving, so we returned to the trusty tavern to be served by Lil’ Ginger Lad. Btw Leg is gonna marry him and they will have ginger babies which will be hunted by Ruby’s chainsaw children. Honorary mention to some boppin’ jokes such as “dolamdes stuffed with rice and the remains of a cow” which caused Ru and dad to laugh profusely, which Allegra described as a “hearty chuckle” and was promptly mocked by Big D who dissed her because earlier we had mocked him for saying “homogenous”. To be fair, he said “homogenous” so bro was def tweakin’. Also during the dinner Tate said “a really normal regular dude, but, you know, a fox “ which made Ru and dad giggle to no end. Anyways the night passed the vibe check but it had to end so we returned to the hq and once more snozzled in peace, dreaming about dirty dancing, dungeons and dragons, and deadly dingos.

    Time for our honorary mention and minute of silence for our fallen comrade. Lil’ Genius. How art thee in this fine day, is the sun shining? Are you flying too close to Leg’s gyatt? Are you keeping up the drip? How is the Lil’ Berry with the big gyatt? Stay kawaii my Lil sandwich. Peace right out.

    Cheeeeese!!
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  • Day 21

    Exploring the Island of Corfu

    May 22, 2024 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    We’ve had a great time exploring the island of Corfu. We are now staying in a vacation rental in a small town (once a fishing village) called Nissaki. It’s relaxed and easy going here. We have our own pool and are a short walk to a nice taverna, a grocery store and a bakery/coffee place. We are taking the approach of relaxing one day and then going on a road/exploration the next. There many cute coastal villages that remind us of the coastal villages in CA and Oregon. We also went to an old village (oldest on Corfu)- old Perithia. A town that was abandoned in the 60’s when the inhabitants moved closer to the coast. But the architecture and environment are great representation of old villages on the island.

    The beaches here are mostly pebbly, which initially we did not like but then found it was better than getting all sandy :-).

    The towns we drive thru are quaint and are like many Tuscan/Italian towns we’ve visited - not surprising as Corfu was ruled by the Venetians for 4 centuries.

    The people are friendly and easy going. Food is delicious, with lots of seafood and traditional dishes. Most of the other tourists we see are British and the rest are from other European countries (we hear German, Swedish, Spanish and more). We are here for 5 more days then we head to the hustle and bustle of Athens.
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