Corfu – Ionical Island other Albania, where past past is adjacent to the modern edifice rhythm, and Narrow streetsfortresses and monasteries stitchery guests each year round. Here is simply a cult Greek cuisinesoft irony to life, galore cats successful taverns and compulsory bonus – a wonderful view of sunset.
If someone is too lazy to look astatine the geographical map, we callback that the Greek land of Corfu is located among different ionic islands precisely other Albania. And Albania is located successful the western portion of the Balkan Peninsula. And the Balkans are successful southeastern Europe. And Europe … Well, that’s okay.
The guides successful chorus assertion that Corfu is unusually affluent successful history. And God exists from what clip it is already unknown however galore millennia. Homer, for example, is the land of Sheria, and its inhabitants Feakami.
The existent colonisation of Corfu is not astatine each similar Feakov, but consists chiefly of British tourists and Russian immigrants. 
When trying to talk bosom to heart, successful our opinion, successful a antithetic Greek, today’s Faikas easy switch to Russian. True, successful schools, English is mandatory. Therefore, the existent Corfucian (?) Speech is simply a Greek grammar with bilingual interspersed. It turns retired not ever beautiful, but very convenient.
It is well known that Greece is an Orthodox country. The land of Corfu successful this consciousness is nary objection adjacent aft his stormy story, when they were alternately ruled by the Corinthians, the Spartans, the Venetians, the Neapolitans, and the French, and the British. 
During the caller past from May to November, tourists regularly seizure the island, and the remainder of the time, Corfu is successful the hands of its true owners – the owners of the taverns and restaurants, hotels and villas, boats and yachts. 
An unthinkable fig of stray cats unrecorded connected the island. These cats bask each the rights of Greek citizenship. That is, to enactment it mildly, nary 1 offends them, but, rudely speaking, there is thing to bash with them. Cats are imperishable visitors to restaurants and their thinness advertise steadfast Mediterranean cuisine. 
Food successful Greece (Ελληνική κουζίνα) built to the cult. The size of the paper successful restaurants is 2-3 times higher than the mean imagination. So if there are astatine slightest 30 euros per idiosyncratic from hunger, they will not dice here. Probably, it tin beryllium argued that the Greeks unrecorded successful bid to devour well, portion coffee, dance, swim successful the sea, respect the sunset, commune successful the temple and dice calmly. 
To get to the edifice from the suburbs, the usual Greek needs to spell on mean roads. Without flashes and dedicated stripes. Roads present often constrictive to the width of 1 car. And successful bid to part, you request to amusement miracles of ingenuity. 
Restaurants connected Corfu are astir often called taverns. To cozy greens, a tiled extortion and delicious nutrient successful them, a escaped view of the sunset is usually attached. However, for the view of the sunset, the owners of the tavern are astir apt actively fighting, but not with customers, but among themselves. What tin you bash – competition!
If, aft a hearty luncheon oregon dinner, you will suddenly scope a civilization (in the consciousness of sculpture-architecture), then it is besides here. The centuries -old layers of walls from antithetic eras will unit adjacent the astir optimistic tourist to think astir some the mortality and the quality of each things. If he, of course, knows what “existing” is. 
In the superior of the island-the metropolis of Kerker-you will decidedly find thing to your taste. For example, the Achilleon Palace, who erstwhile belonged to the Austrian Empress Elizabeth Bavarian, will entreaty to fans of neoclassicism. 
Romans and lovers are strongly recommended walking on constrictive village streets. However .. is it rustic? Rather, these are small towns scattered successful the greenery of the hills. 
Velosipedist athletes tin ascent the Pantocur Mountain (906 meters supra oversea level). At the top of the mountain, you will find the past monastery of the Transfiguration of the Lord, which has existed present since 1689, with a telecommunication tower alternatively of the main doorbell tower.
Fans of subject past is waiting for an angelocastro (“fortress of the angel”). According to legend, the defender of the fortress, consisting of lone 8 soldiers, successful 1537 reflected the onslaught of the ships of Turkish Admiral Hydendin Barbarossa.
Fans of a much calm pastime tin stay for an hr oregon two successful a quiescent monastery of Paleocastrice .. After which an hr oregon two, softly tast the monastery wine. At home.
And astir importantly .. 
… The main happening is not to hide for a infinitesimal that the land is portion of the land, surrounded by water from each sides. For this we (the land of Corfu) and emotion him. And the water of the Ionian Sea is cleanable and transparent. Although it could person been a small warmer and there could beryllium much fish. If not. Then – yes!
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Dmitry Klein
writer, journalist, Denver, USA
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