Yes, spring is definitely here. Flowers everywhere, trees in bloom around every corner, an absolute joy to go out and drive around the island. It always amazing to drive around (all in the course of work naturally).
Normally one of the best parts of our jobs is driving around in the sunshine, admiring the gorgeous flowers - particularly at this time of year.
Just read a nice article from the Huffington Post on buying property in Greece
'Or where better to spend your time than Corfu, an island occupied by the Venetians for 400 years ...'
Well, its been a strange winter but we are still here; Greece is still here, still sunny, still as illogical as ever, but STILL HERE; and people are still holidaying, renting houses, buying houses, building houses, renovating houses, all perfectly normally.
I've shared this article from The Sunday Times for you to read.
In spite of our political upheavals, (and boy, do we specialise in those here in Greece) some things always go some way towards making up for it!
Despite the rainy days we have here in Corfu, I think this photo taken from the Shard in London In January sums up the reasons people yearn to live in the Mediterranean! Grey, grey, grey!
We all think of a day at the beach as sunbeds and cocktails but in Corfu you can have a day at the beach even in the depths of winter.
The last of the decorations came down in our house on 12th Night, following the British tradition. Last to go was the garland on the door, to be replaced with the "Big Onion" - Scilla Maritima or Urginea Maritima is the scientific name for what most Greeks know as the squill bulb hung on to the front door on New Year's Eve.