Thursday, October 16, 2008

Corfu - Day 7 – Thursday Oct 16th

 

WELCOME TO KERKYRA (Corfu town)

We drove the hire car into the main town today and spent the day wandering around taking in the sights and smells and the happenings of this bustling city.  The down town core is sprawling and cluttered with old high rise tenement buildings and it seems today was wash day.  kkl 040

The red dome of the Ayios Spyridhon Orthodox church dominates the sky line.kkl 034 kkl 074

The city is guarded on the sea side by two forts the Paleo and Neo forts, meaning old and new forts even though they were only constructed 30 years apart in the late 1500 hundreds.kkl 010

The views from the old fort are of the oceankkl 017

and from the new fort of the old town.kkl 066

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The people who walk the streets..kkl 007 kkl 041

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More sights..kkl 008

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kkl 090 A great way to see the town, 40 minute train ride..kkl 089 Of course some people travel many thousand of miles to experience a totally new culture!!!!kkl 123

Do you think there is a reason why I am still Single??kkl 127

Did not know the grand old gentleman was born here!kkl 113 kkl 112 More photos of the city core..kkl 042 kkl 088 kkl 111

kkl 108 They are still doing archaeological digs down town.kkl 117

Too soon it was time to leave, obviously the day was much too long for the fairer side of the family!!!kkl 132Sorry girls just had to include that one!!!

Our last evening supperqqqqqq 003  Thanks for all the great meals Janet!!!!

The evening ended with our last game of scrabble and Janet lost by one point again…..

So

 

 

do

 

 

 

you want

 

 

to know

 

 

who

 

 

won????qqqqqq 005

Yes I am now officially not only the Mexican champion but also of Corfu!!!!

 

What a fabulous time with my lovely family, a holiday to remember.  We fly late tomorrow night, wish you all a great weekend and thanks for joining us on our travels.

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