Corfu Haiku

ancient mountain roads
beaches lined with polished stones
moon lit olive groves
--katie

the Greek sand stone cave

clearest blue mirror glass wave
Poseidon's triton

--ian

We traveled to the small Grecian island of Corfu for fall vacation. We went with 5 other American teachers. Getting a break from the bleak Berlin weather was awesome. The smell of sun screen and the feeling of sand between the toes. Towns on the island were closing for the winter, but the temp stayed about 70 most of the time. For a small fee we took a cruise to see the mainland Greece, the islands of Paxos (pictured above) and Antipaxos.

Corfu is the greenest island of the Ionian Greek islands. It is covered in vegetation of all kinds. It is very mountainous and the roads are 2 lane highways littered with unnerving switch backs. Tourism is the main form of commerce. Outside of the capital city of Corfu town , the coasts are lined with hotels and tavernas. The mountains are dotted with small, isolated villages. From our hotel beach, we had a clear view of the mountainous coast of Albania. The shores of Italy are not far either. At times, it felt like we could have been at a beautiful beach anywhere in the world. but eventually, an ancient olive tree or a sign written in the strange greek alphabet would remind us of the impact greece has made on our modern world.

We loved Corfu, but can't wait to go back to explore the many other islands.