San Stefanos Online ~ North West Corfu

 hi i would like to relate a story from one of our first visits to san stef.we awoke one morning after a vicious storm as we were sitting on our balcony eating crossants & drinking coffee we noticed that the telegraph post on the wasteland in front of us had been struck by lightning & was smouldering away merrily.at this point we heard the sound of approaching bells.by now our attention was fully focused on the evolving scene.then it came!! a fully functional green godess fire engine.it pulled up to grinding stop & five firemen got out they looked magnificent in their black uniforms & shiny silver helmets.then the leader of the pack got out you could tell he was the leader as he had a shiny golden helmet! he barked orders at his troops who salluted & attacked the inferno with there hose.well by now we are on the floor sharing our crossants with some passing ants as i could have peed higher than the feeble spray coming from the hose.after about half an hour & much shouting & gesturing by golden helmet they decided that discretion was the better part of valour & duly recoiled their hose & left the pole to burn itself out,i think the pole is still there. i will check when we come out on june 22.it was in front of the old vikki appartments.i just wondered if anyone else wittnessed this so i can test if my mind has not become befuddled by age & ouzo.please dont think i am mocking the firmen as i am sure they were doing a great job with the tools at hand but it really was very funny.