Corfu, Greece

Now in the Greek Islands.  This one is the closest to Italy, so it has been a crossroads of East and West for centuries.  It is an Ionian island and was thought to be where Ulysses ended up when he escaped on his way home.  It has been conquered and ruled by just about everyone except the Turks ( a source of great pride).  Naively I thought I would see Ancient Greek ruins, Byzantine ruins, Venetian ruins, French ruins, Englis ruins all separate.  Of course they built one on top of the other, so it is a hodgepodge of various styles of architechture.  It is lush and green with lots of different plants.  We saw huge yuccas on the Hop On Hop Off Bus tour,  Awaitng my first authentic Greek coffee.

WOW! It's strong!  I may run back to the Fortress and up and down the steps a few dozen times with this caffeine buzz!  I think this would take some getting used to.  One of the specialties here is kumquat liquor.  It's lovely.

We have found that the buffet dining is actually better than the sit down restaurant for dinner.  Go figure.  They have a "grill" where you can get steak, lamb chops, salmon, chicken and lobster tails.  They also have fresh sushi.  Supposedly Oceania is known for it's food, but the main dining room has been a disappointment.  There are 4 "specialty" restaurants which have been quite good so far.  You can eat one time at each one, but we are angling to go back to the Asian one again as it was wonderful.

 Approach into Corfu

Cheesy souvenirs 

Corfu

 On the way into the fort with large canon below

 View from above

 I think this is a theater

Old English barracks

Great lunch!

Yes, a Fish Spa

And here they are getting their feet worked on by tiny fish

Sponges

 Dean's worst nightmare

Devotions at the cathedral

Everything olive

Big canon at the Fort

And more