Argios Gordios (Corfu)

Arrived in Corfu yesterday and had our first hiccup of the trip when our driver dropped us off with incorrect instructions to get to our accommodation. It took 30 minutes, 2 phone calls, and a decent hike up and down the local hills with our luggage before finding the place. Now in UK weather it wouldn't have been that bad but we're not used to anything above 20 anymore.

Anyways, since then we ain't been doing much. Relaxing by the beach and eating mostly, although we did attempt a walk to a nearby town this morning and failed. More poor directions.

Hawks won this afternoon. Woop Woop! Suck it Sydney.

No American's within earshot and Taryn's slowly turning into a Greek salad (if you are indeed what you eat). The local brewery here makes a decent drop. Much better than the standard Greek stuff which is rubbish. The bottle I had was only brewed 2 days before. Now that's local.

One more day here in Corfu and then it's onto Marrakech via London. We've got a few activities booked in Marrakech so maybe future posts will be more substantial.

Ancient Corinth and the Temple of Apollo

Here it is as promised. Ancient Corinth and the Temple of Apollo. I think we made the mistake of going to the Acropolis and Parthenon first and now everything else is not as impressive whilst still remaining impressive. Simples.

What was impressive though was the horse and jockey figurines on display within the museum. They look like something I made in kindergarten, but really old.

Jockey with penis rides horse with big lips.
Stationary motion too slow to win race. 

We stopped by new Corinth and Loutraki (obligatory beach photo included) before heading back to Athens incorporating one of Taryn's favourite pastimes; hypermarket shopping (this time at Carrefour). Groceries in hand an an hour later, I made it out alive (although maybe not after Taryn reads this).

We're flying to Corfu tomorrow morning. It'll be interesting to see if there are as many American's on the island as there are in Athens; as those with the unmistakable accent are everywhere. With so many American's here there must be a connection between the USA and Greece I'm ignorant of. Can anyone shed some light?

Filopappou Hill and Keramikos

Impressive views of the Acropolis and the Athens surrounds from Filopappou Hill in the morning before moving onto the ancient cemetery of Keramikos. The museum had some really well preserved pieces from up to 2000 BC although most were 4th century BC such as the marble bull below from the burial plot of Dionysos Kollytos (remember him?).

Tomorrow we're heading to Korinthos to look at some more "old shit". If we're lucky we might come across some loukoumades.

Ancient cemetery of Keramikos

The view of the Acropolis from Filopappou Hill

Same.