{"id":1625,"date":"2010-10-19T10:48:20","date_gmt":"2010-10-19T08:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/?p=1625"},"modified":"2010-10-19T10:48:20","modified_gmt":"2010-10-19T08:48:20","slug":"cruise-photos-corfu-kerkyra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bakkerbugle.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/19\/cruise-photos-corfu-kerkyra\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruise Photos: Corfu \/ Kerkyra"},"content":{"rendered":"

We were promised sun in Luxembourg yesterday, but we got something more like early winter. So my thoughts turned to our cruise to the Greek Islands this spring.<\/p>\n

Corfu was the first actual Greek island on the itinerary. It was also one of the largest, and one of the least Greek! It lies<\/a> very close to the coasts of Albania and Greece, but its history lies closer to Venice and Dubrovnik.<\/p>\n

You’ll learn that, and more, from the photoset on Flickr<\/a> devoted to our day in Corfu. If you’d rather just look at the pretty pictures, we recommend the slideshow<\/a>. And, of course, there’s always the set of leftover photos<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The ship arrived in sight of the island’s Old Town and two massive Venetian fortresses
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\nCorfu was the most “real” of all the islands we visited on the cruise — it was not given over to tourism and clearly had a life of its own.
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\nIt was Sunday, so many of the tourist attractions were closed. But that allowed us to find beautiful things off the beaten track.
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\nAnd the lovely, strange things that makes traveling marvelous. This studio made some interesting choices in its storefront. (Click on the photo to embiggen.)
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\nOur Sunday visit also showed us the community’s religious celebrations. Many of the churches were decorated for some event.
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\nWe spent a lot of time at the Old Fortress, for its high viewpoint and its own lovely decay.
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\nClick on the panorama to see it at full size.
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\nThe best spot of our visit combined the local community with a tourist attraction: the Liston. We watched families and couples stroll up and down the arcades, greeting one another and playing with the children.
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\nThe island is large, and we stayed within its major city. Albania is a short ferry away. There are more glamorous destinations in Greece, but this place offers so much, so close.
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The photosets weren’t enough Corfu for you? You might like an overview of Corfiot history<\/a> with an emphasis on military campaigns. John’s Corfu World will show you some photos of Corfu from long ago<\/a>. Or you might enjoy some video:<\/p>\n