Today in Corfu we had a Princess tour of the town combined with a cooking demonstration and lunch. Our tour guide, Fofo, was so-so. She was kind of boring. It was hard to stay focused on what she was saying. The cooking demonstration was underwhelming, but the lunch was quite nice. All in all, I would say I should have known better. We could have taken a taxi in to town and eaten lunch in a nice place, and come out a little ahead. Though it may have been hard to find a place that was open.
The Old Fortress:
We went to a restaurant calle Rex ("the oldest restaurant in Corfu" - 1932). In a very cursory fashion we were shown how to make moussaka (moo-sa-KA, not moo-SA-kuh), tzatziki, and Greek salad. No chef's secrets were revealed, and we did not get copies of any recipes. However, I will venture to say that the secret to Greek salad is good tomatoes and the secret to tzatziki is full-fat Greek yogurt.
Lunch is served!
I am starting to understand the geography of this region a little better. The "Greek Islands" are actually several very distinct groups of islands. Corfu is one of the Ionian Islands. It has been ruled by just about everybody at one time or another: Romans, Venetian, French, English, Germans.
Corfu has a very Venetian look, thanks to 400 years of Venetian rule.
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| Tower of St. Spyridon Church |
The Palace of St. Michael and St. George, now the Asian Art Museum:
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| A trireme, Corfu's coat-of-arms |
We stopped at a park honoring the Durrells, "writers and philhellenes" who lived in Corfu from 1935 to 1939.
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| Gerald Durrell |
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| Lawrence Durrell |
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Everywhere you go in Europe (and everywhere else) people get the notion that if you rub the nose, foot, hand, etc. of a statue, you will have good luck. How silly.
15th century old fortress
St. Spyridon church
Kumquats, 2,000,000 olive trees
Spianada - esplanade
Where Odysseus was washed ashore
Cinematastic - Deanna Julian
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