Author: John Martin
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Day 50 – Goodbye Greece, hello Italy
Post Views: 34 We had a 2PM ferry from Igoumenitsa to Brindisi today, so we were afforded another leisurely start. And of course what better way to start than a long chat with Helen and Jeremy. That’s when we found out their van had been flooded in the port they had left the boat in.…
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Day 49 – Igoumenitsa and the Parrot Sketch
Post Views: 34 End of the seventh week and it’s another travel day. After 10 days on Corfu (thoughts on Corfu at the end), we’re on the homeward stretch now. It was an early start for Phil and Linda with a 5:45 taxi to Corfu airport. They had two flights today, one to Athens and…
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Day 48 – Avlaki Beach
Post Views: 47 Last full day on Corfu and the weather has been much kinder – 27C, a refreshing breeze and no rain! We’ve been told, by Yeota, the villa owner, that this sort of weather is very unusual. They might get a day of rain in September, but not this many days in a…
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Day 47 – Quiet Day
Post Views: 26 Today started rather mutedly. Too much Gin the night before. So by the time we were all up and about and watered the weather was closing in again. We had a huge thunderstorm roll through from about 2 to 4. And because it was a slow day, we finally got ready to…
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Day 46 – Avlaki Beach
Post Views: 26 A bit of a quiet day today. We had a wet morning so hung around the villa until 3. Linda discovered what seems to be the only jigsaw in the property, Friends… in black and white… tricky! Linda and Sue then walked into Avlaki Beach with Phil and I following in the…