Travelling around Greece by Car is less problematic than you’d think, as the expenses incurred is offset by the convenience it brings. Although Greece has a very good public transport system that integrates effectively with buses, trains and ferries, travelling by private car has a lot going for it. Greece is made up of many […]
Sailing from Gouvia marina (Corfu) we’d arrived in Mourtos in the late afternoon just in time for the Sunset. 20 years ago was the last time we were here and the stark difference in fortunes was very apparent. Know there’s a small harbour that extends the capacity for yachts visiting Mourtos. This harbour also gives […]
Corfu town has so many shops selling jewelry, leather goods, olive wood objects, and handmade needlework that it is impossible to single out one or another. If you’re looking for needlework, the stores along Filarmonikis (off N. Teotoki) may have something that pleases you; prices are generally fair and uniform. We would never recommend a trip […]
Living in Corfu in the mid-eighties. The people, the changes, religion and the back handers! When good old Greek cuisine & bottles of 5 star Metaxa had more clout than a fistfull of dollars, especially so with the local Corfiote constabulary! The good old days…never to be the same again. October 1985 and my 90 […]
The last time I was in Takis Taverna was in early 2002 by then Kevin had been running the place for about 10 years. Takis Taverna in Kontokali was the centre of the expat community right next to Gouvia Marina. It was also the centre for all the liveaboard yachts that stayed there. Takis address […]
It’s one thing being a painter and decorator’s assistant it’s quite another doing all the work yourself, or so I thought. Nikos the painter having lived in Australia for some years had a much broader outlook on life. His humour was wicked and stylish like a true Corfiot but with a subtlety that was full of […]
It’s acceptable not knowing much at 22yrs I’d wish I new that at the time. In 1989 I’d been on the Island of Corfu for 4 months and only now was I beginning to settle into the expat community of Kontokali. I’d a steady job, time on my hands and some spending money. I’d my […]
To understand the national character of Corfu, you need to now how they see themselves. Many base their character on the impoverished and downtrodden, getting the better of the world around them by sheer cunning. They’re impulsive, boastful, impatient, inventive and very quick in their sympathy. Yet their tolerance (Of the outside world) and charm […]
Snakebites: There’s only one poisonous snake in Greece, its called an Ohiá. I was on a photographic commission shooting for a Holiday brochure in the San Stephanos area of Corfu, following my intrepid boss up a dirt track I stepped on this snake by accident. I only new it was there when feeling the pain. Squeezing […]
It’s been 20 years since I was in this part of the Old City of Corfu. The Liston area is where you find the upmarket Cafés, built by the French and modelled on ‘Paris Rue de Rivoli’. It’s where everyone sits and talks. Drinking coffee and people watching is the favourite pastime. The cricket pitch […]
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