Rainy Corfu

Today we officially checked out of Greece with the Port Police. If weather allows, we are planning to start our passage to Italy tomorrow! After a final grocery shop, we took the bus into Corfu town to spend a little more time in that amazing city. But first, we had to drop off our transit log at Customs in town. Mike was tempted to blow it off but I felt that we should abide by the rules when we can. So after what seemed like a really long walk through the rain (yes, rain!), we were told that since a cruise ship was in port, customs was at the very end of the harbour which made for an even longer walk in the rain. It was actually rather enjoyable, except for the blisters forming on my toes, which were unaccustomed to wet leather. It was about then that we realized that we didn’t have our passports, and it would be a big bummer to get all the way there just to be told that we didn’t have all the documents we needed. But we figured we had made it that far and went for it. We finally found the customs man in the tiny office, in the huge building, amongst the masses of cruise ship tourists. We handed him our transit log and he didn’t seem to quite know what we wanted or needed. He then simply said “OK”, and we quickly walked out. We were left with a feeling that our transit log mostly likely ended up in the garbage can after all of that. Oh well. The rain was picking up and my feet were starting to really hurt, so we hopped a bus back to the old town centre and walked the empty, wet alley ways in search of a cozy taverna. After our waiter loudly scoffed at us for sitting at a covered outside table (allright, it was a little cold and wet), we moved inside to a much warmer and drier spot. And what a find! Forget about my previous mention of being bored with Greek food. What turned into just a stop for a beer, turned into a meal and it was delicious! Probably some of the best food we have had in Greece. We finally managed to pull ourselves away and walk back to our bus, but only after an obligatory stop at Vodaphone and an impromptu stop at H&M where we indulged in a sweater for Mike and a pair of leggings for me. Wow. Sweaters and leggings. How times have so quickly changed! Although it was starting to get dark, we weren’t ready to head home yet, so we found another café to sit in and watch the rainy world go by as we enjoyed a warm pick-me-up. Eventually, our (hopefully) dry and cozy boat was calling to us, so we headed back to watch re-runs of ‘True Blood’ and sip on Baileys as we snuggled on the day bed. Perfect. Well, except for the really leaky window we found. Shit. More boat projects…