Friday 14 July 2017

Corfu Town

Corfu town promised much and in turn delivered much in buckets and spades……..
IMG_3071……. especially on the Greek pudding front, where never has baklava tasted soooooooooooooooooo wonderful!
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Old Corfu Town was just so very, very robustly romantic ………
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……. with its tall, narrow alleyways, leading on to intriguingly mysterious candlestine rendezvous …….
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……. only in such old towns can peeling paint and hung out washing on balconies look so picturesque.
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And where else, despite being so unbelievably hot, could making the considered purchase of a fur garment seem so natural?
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Fruit was in abundance……..
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……. so, as ours was only a mid-afternoon/early evening visit we were able to eat on the hoof, follow our rigourous five a day routine and take on moisture from whatever we could, namely cherries, peaches, grapes and plums!
IMG_3068Darrell treated himself to a bottle of kumquat liquor, the national liqueur of the Corfu, an exciting addition to our burgeoning cocktail cabinet back at The Towers and a poignant memory jerker as the nights draw in, if he can find a suitable recipe in amongst his many cocktail books. 
IMG_3027Nigel was particularly taken by all the Corfuvian lace …… although I have to admit to not being too overly enthusiastic about the olive embroidered toilet roll holder he was very enamoured by, no matter how finely machine sewn.
IMG_3078Yes, Old Corfu Town was a rare treat, that will be long remembered in years to come ……. as I said it did not disappoint ……
IMG_3079…… well,  only perhaps in the fairground grabber department down by the harbour …… and that is being a bit churlish! Happy, happy days!

3 comments:

Mr.D said...

This looks great!

I hope none of you has been smashing plates or belly dancing. That includes you, mum! (I once belly danced on the table of a Greek restaurant when I lived in London.)

We have five hours to kill in Lima airport. Hopefully we will meet Paddington or one of his relatives.

Anonymous said...

I think that pink 'bear' in the front of the grabber machine is trying to tell you he wants out!!! Happy days, thanks for the Corfu old town tour - pleasure to walk the streets with you all. JantheFan x

Dianne said...

Must leave the diet at home.....who could ever resist that baklava; I would be impatiently waiting for a return visit!.....wonderful fresh fruit that always tastes sooo good after a lot of rich food .....lovely picturesque town to wander around and give a true holiday feeling....what a great choice for this year's holiday!...Love from Dianne