Travelogue : Corfu final day

My flight to Athens was late in the afternoon, so I had couple of hours to walk around Corfu. If you are planning for a holiday in Corfu, then I suggest its best to navigate around the island in a vehicle. There are plenty of options available. One can easily rent a car, a motorbike, bicycles etc - depending on your tastes, preferences and age. Be prepared to travel a lot once you are here, because the good places to see are all stretched far across the island. The beaches for example are all spread around the coast. Interestingly all the sandy beaches are on the west coast while the pebbled beaches are on the east coast. A good prior planning and a vehicle at your disposal - then you are sure to have great fun while you are here. Not to forget the public transport, which costs almost peanuts, is sparsely operational but connects the major attractions pretty well. I managed to visit a beach and take a stroll along the New Fortress which is closer to the port of Corfu. Along the coast you can find several beautiful spots, which are occupied by a couple or two (sometimes with their children) - having the small beach and the entire sea to themselves. The other interesting observation I noticed was, among the tourist crowd, a majority of them were to the middle-aged or higher group. Maybe it was specific to the places I was strolling along. The crowd was evenly distributed, a vast majority of them were Greeks, then Germans and Italians. And as is natural, Corfu is well connected to major cities in Germany through German Wings and Air Berlin and it is well connected to major ports in Italy through a large number of Ferries commuting between them. Talking about the Corfu Airport, it seems to be in its most busy period of operation during summer. I could notice a flight landing or taking off every 10 minutes, indicating that the island atracts a large number of summer tourists (or maybe this anamoly was due to the weekend period). At the various places along the island you can see all the usefull information written in Greek, English, German and Italian - indicating the demographics of the tourist crowd the island hosts each year. There are plenty of Italian restaurants all around, howevere I did notice some Mexican and Chinese as well. The south Italian city of Bari is pretty close to Corfu and hence many of the Italian tourists come along with their cars, motorinos in the ferries. I also noticed a car with number plate from Berlin - that guy must be having one hell of a vacation going around Europe. During the day I felt immensely dehydrated and to supplement that I had to intake loads and loads of water. I never recollect having conciously drinking so much water before. In such a heat a tasty Greek salad with olives, tomatoes and feta cheese is the best refreshment for ones body.

My flight to Athens was late in the afternoon, and surprisingly got delayed only by 15 mins. I bade farewell to this beautiful island with the hope of returning back sometime again.