{"id":9721,"date":"2024-09-13T20:20:21","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T19:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/?p=9721"},"modified":"2024-09-13T20:20:21","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T19:20:21","slug":"day-40-corfu-town-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/09\/13\/day-40-corfu-town-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 40 – Corfu Town 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s been a mixed weather day today. So we decided to head back to Corfu Town, do a bit of shopping and see some of the sites we missed yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Catchup picture from yesterday looking down into Agios Gordios<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But first we needed some breakfast and that was down in the local Agios Gordios town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beach front breakfast<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Wherever you go in Greece, there are cats\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A very small sample of Agios Gordios cats<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Then we headed into Corfu Town again. But we think that because it wasn\u2019t exactly beach weather, everyone had the same idea and the roads were chocka. It took us over an hour to make a 25 minute journey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But seeing as Corfu Parking 2 worked for us yesterday, we headed there again. And we were directed into exactly the same parking space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had coffee at the same cafe Sue and I had gone to yesterday, and dodged a couple of showers while we were there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was then a round of shoe shops looking for some sandals for Sue and general shoe shopping for Linda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Streets of Corfu Town<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Then after only a few shops we managed to get separated from Linda. The other three headed off to the Old Fort area but it was an hour or so before we managed to all meet up again. And we decided to brave the queues for the fort and pay the \u20ac6 to enter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the footbridge into the Old Fort<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On the battlements<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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View of the town from the Old Fort<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Top of the fort<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We then decided to find somewhere to eat in Corfu Town rather than head home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sue found some sandals at a shop where the assistant was from Wollongong, and she recommended Rex as a restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This one might be a bit big<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Rex was a good recommendation, we all enjoyed our food there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then back through the streets of Corfu Town back to the car, of course doing some more show shopping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Corfu Town by night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tomorrow the weather is looking to be a lot better, so we\u2019ll be staying around the apartment and Agios Gordios.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a mixed weather day today. So we decided to head back to Corfu Town, do a bit of shopping and see some of the sites we missed yesterday. But first we needed some breakfast and that was down in the local Agios Gordios town. Wherever you go in Greece, there are cats\u2026 Then […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[53,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2024-summer-holiday-to-greece","category-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_7214.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8yl38-2wN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9735,"url":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/09\/16\/day-42-agios-gordios-to-kassiopi\/","url_meta":{"origin":9721,"position":0},"title":"Day 42 – Agios Gordios to Kassiopi","author":"John Martin","date":"September 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Another travel day, to the final destination. 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