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Corfu Event Calendar Now Available On This Blog 9 Jan 2011 | 10:25 pm
Visitors to this blog can now stay updated with what is happening in Corfu throughout the year. You will see at the top of the page a link to Corfu Calendar, which shows all this year's important even...
Merry Christmas From Corfu! 25 Dec 2010 | 02:14 am
Wishing you all a very happy Christmas! Below is the choir singing Corfu Christmas Carols - enjoy!
'The Island' Author Chooses Greece Instead Of Hollywood 13 Oct 2010 | 09:47 pm
A much-awaited TV series started in Greece this week. It is the serialisation of Victoria Hislop 's novel The Island. What makes it especially gratifying is the fact that the bestselling author rejec...
10 Corfu Tavernas And Restaurants 15 Sep 2010 | 01:35 am
Continuing our series of Corfu Lists Of 10, below are 10 traditional tavernas and restaurants in Corfu, including one on the nearby small island of Paxi. Prices listed are for a 3-course meal for one...
Corfu 1962 24 Jul 2010 | 08:26 pm
I came across this British Pathe short film of Corfu from 1962. Tourism on the island was quite different at that time! Notice the empty beach and the lack of cars on the roads! It also shows some vil...
Guide To Corfu And The Ionian Islands 27 Jun 2010 | 08:35 pm
I can highly recommend this guide in the Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Top 10 Guides series. Not least because I was personally involved (in my own small way!) in the preparation of the guide. The gu...
New Corfu Website - Green Corfu 25 Jun 2010 | 10:20 pm
I've just come across this new Corfu website, which I think is a great initiative. It's called Green Corfu and as the name would suggest, it aims to promote a 'greener' side to Corfu than that known t...
Using The Prickly Pear Cactus To Purify Water 30 Apr 2010 | 08:11 pm
I have just been reading that research has shown that the Prickly Pear cactus can be used to purify water up to a degree of 98%. I've written a post about it in my other blog Be The Change. I previou...
Corfu Carnival 14 Feb 2010 | 10:52 pm
Today is the final Sunday before Lent, which means it's the day of the final Carnival here in Corfu as well as in the rest of Greece. Unfortunately, it's cold and rainy today, which is a bit of a damp...
10 Corfu Museums 18 Jan 2010 | 11:22 pm
As part of our series Corfu Lists Of 10, we have here 10 museums on the island. Archaeological Museum Built between 1962 - 1965, its initial purpose was to house the archaeological finds from the Te...