Med Cruise: Corfu, Greece

Our next day's port was Corfu, Greece. While I am sure that Corfu Town is lovely, and the history, palaces, forts, and whatever are fascinating, we had one goal for Corfu: sit on a beautiful beach.

 

Paleokastritsa is about 30 minutes from the port, on the western coast of Corfu.  We made a beeline there by taxi and we were very happy beach bums.

 

This small beach in a protected inlet has perfectly clear teal water, restaurants, bathrooms, shops, and a teeny stretch of sand.

 

The kids loved digging, building, and looking for rocks.

 

The water was cold, but we all swam anyway.  I loved how I only had to swim out a little ways to feel like I was totally alone on the planet.

 

Our attempt at a happy jump shot.

 

Buried in the sand.

 

When we were finally exhausted by the sun and water, and really hungry, we packed up and headed to a restaurant across the street with a view of these sheep and the beach beyond.

 

Rob had souvlaki.

 

And I had a gyro plate. Three of our four kids were converted to gyros, but one still ordered pizza.

 

We took one more stroll along the beach before catching our cab back to the cruise terminal.

 

Corfu was the one place on this cruise that I think we would be happy spending an entire week exploring.  Maybe someday we will come back and do that.