Seen en route from Otranto to Corfu. The concrete things that look like jacks are often used to construct breakwaters.
The channel between Corfu (Kerkyra) and Albania. The island with lighthouse (Peristeres) is Greek, the land behind Albania.
The Corfu hills were in the cloud
A hydrofoil sped past
First stop in Corfu (and Greece) was Gouvia Marina, big and impersonal, but rumored to be convneientfor customs clearance.
We could see the hills once the sun came out.
Parasailer passing on our way to Corfu's Mandraki Harbour for a more congenial place to have my brother Frank join us.
This island off the town of Corfu has luxury homes.
We motored past the port authority building where we had been by bus to clear customs. As a non-EU boat, we could not do all the paperwork at the Mar
And past the busy port, with ferries to dozens of places, and the airport.
Corfu town has two forts. This is the new one, started by the Venetians in 1576.
A ferry heads off, a tripper boat takes people sight-seeing. Behind is the Old Fort, started in the 6th century, still used as a base in WWII, and no
The Old Fort is where we are headed
Moored in Mandraki below the Old Fort
This channel runs between the Old Fort and Corfu Town
Tower, Old Fort, Corfu
Mandraki Harbour. Q. is second boat on the outer (left-hand) quay.
Corfu Town is Italian in look and full of British influence. This used to be the British Commissioner's Palace (now a museum). In front of the building (behind me) is a cricket pitch.
Behind the Commissioner's Palace, towards Albania
Hoping for a fare
Not a Library of Congress owl, but a Corfiot one
Typical Corfu street
A fine terrace
And a McDonald's
Quicksilver in Mandraki, Corfu hills behind.
Leaving Corfu
