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Corfu as it really is. Summer 2012.

Corfu as it really is. Summer 2012.


This is a photo of the village shop in the square at Lakones. A veritable treasure trove and a step into the past for visitors more used to Tesco or Sainsburys. 

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An evening out in Corfu Town.

An evening out in Corfu Town.


We spent Thursday evening wandering in Corfu town. The highlight of the visit was a Baroque music concert given by students at the Music School of the Ionian University. 

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Salt flats at Lefkimmi, Corfu

Salt flats at Lefkimmi, Corfu


Stilts at the salt flats - a romantic Corfu unknown to most holidaymakers. It really is like taking a walk back in time when you visit this remote part of the south east coast of Corfu.

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Purple Fingers

Purple Fingers


If you see Susan and I disappearing into a tree in the next few weeks, the chances are we will be picking mulberries. 

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Only here...

Only here...


There isn't a vast amount to amuse us at the moment, frustration with the government (or non government), annoyance with very slanted way the foreign press are commenting on the situation here, and general European gloom.

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Rocks and Hard Places

Rocks and Hard Places


Politics is so dominant these days - every conversation, every TV programme, every radio interview, even in the fish shop in Tzavros buying fresh crab for today's lunch (Yummy!),

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