On Monday, we woke up to make our way to Sarande in southern Albania to catch the high speed ferry to Corfu, Greece. We stopped at the bakery to pick up byrek - pastries filled with spinach, cheese, meat, etc. There were incredible views on this drive up and down the coast. Unfortunately, the Albanian roads don't make for a good spots to pull over and take pictures.
We waited longer than I would have liked at the ferry dock, but this is not something we wanted to miss. The high speed ferry too 30 minutes, but we lost an hour due to the time changes so arrived at 2:30.
We grabbed a cab and headed into old town Corfu and our hotel. It was very warm so we all just relaxed at the hotel before heading out around 5:00. We walked over to the Old Venetian Fortress that our hotel overlooked, the gardens and the old streets of Corfu. Corfu is the only part of Greece not to fall to the Ottomans thanks to their allegiance to Venice. The streets of Corfu were small like Greece and fun to explore. We then grabbed a drink a snack on the Liston, a street that is an exact miniature replica of the iconic Rue de Rivoli in Paris (which was built during the brief French occupation of Corfu. There is also a cricket pitch in the Spianada park which is a nod to the fifty years of British rule.
After sitting on the patio of our hotel to have our free champagne (and some yummy fries). We relaxed a bit before heading out to a late dinner. Due to the time change, the sun set very late. As we walked around to find a dinner spot, we were quickly reminded that we were not in Albania as the restaurants all had lines. We found a spot that was fine and then walked around a bit before heading back to the hotel. This was our first time in Greece, but I have a feeling it won't be our last (and I have a feeling the rest of Greece is quite different than Corfu).
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| trying to take a picture from the coastl drive |
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| The Old Fortress |
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| Old Town |
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| Happy Hour |
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| Drinks on the Liston |
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| balcony on our hotel with the fortress in the background |
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| so cool |
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| Our last vacation meal together |
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| The Liston at night |
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| fortress through our hotel room window |
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