Corfu Via Igoumenitsa

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Hoping over to Corfu Island

First impressions of Greece

At 10am my ferry arrived into Igoumenitsa, Greece with scattered showers and hardly any sun. I got off the port and didn’t have to fuss with the passport thing, i guess Greece doesn’t care. I walked around Igoumenitsa for awhile searching for a place to stay and finally settled into Hotel Acropolis, which was a basic accommodation near the port with rooms including views of the ocean. Igoumenitsa wasn’t such a bad place to spend a day afterall. After I settled in I immediately devoured a gyros pita and got on with the remainder of my day… hoping over to Corfu.

When I arrived into Kerykya, Corfu’s main port city, I was wondering why I every made this decision. The weather was slightly worse and there was hardly much to do besides walk around. So that’s what I did. I walked up along the Old Fortress area never actually finding it, but instead filled my appetite with local fresh produce from the farmers market. I grabbed some bananas and oranges and just sat down for awhile watching Greek people interact.

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