San Stefanos Online ~ North West Corfu

They did improve the departure lounge a few years ago so there is now more seating available,but I am concerned about  new visitors with a disability or previous illness who have no knowledge of the problems they will encounter when checking in on their departure.They probably do not require, or want, wheelchair assistance but they may need some kind of help.

I'll fourth that!  Nice setting for a special meal and I'm pretty sure Sue has candles on the table,most of the restaurants have candles or little
lamps on the tables mainly to discourage the pesky mosquitoes.

THIS YEAR can we hope that Corfu Airport may have abandoned their system of scanning your luggage which they introduced a few years ago
For those not familiar with this particular form of Greek torture it works like this.  First you check in at the appropriate desk and have your cases weighed then you drag/carry said cases across the other queues of departing guests,being careful not to crunch any bare toes on the way,
next you hoist your cases onto the scanner which is a good two feet off the floor to have them X rayed. As these machines are usually manned ,or should that be personned,by young ladies don't expect any help(in these days of high unemployment in Greece could there be an opening here for
a couple of strong young men)?  Those of us who are not as fit or as young as we once were have a real problem , I keep expecting someone to collapse with a slipped disc or worse.
I appreciate the need for security and I am grateful that they are so diligent but in other airports aren't the scanners on the main conveyer belt
behind the check in desks?

In the dim and distant past,before there were street lights or proper roads in San Stefanos,we never ventured out at night without our little torches.

The fireflies used to follow us in the mistaken belief that we were potential mates.Wish I was there to see them now.

I agree Andy7 it's not for the faint hearted but we made the ascent in a normal car and some brave souls cycled up there,mind you they didn't look

very well when they got to the top!!

Another nice place to visit and not too far from San Stefanos is Peroulades,go through Avliotes and turn left.

Venturing further afield,if you have a car drive along the East coast and visit Kalouri,Kalami Agni.In fact almost every left turn leads to some lovely

shingle cove and the odd Taverna.

 The villages in the mountains are places to glimpse the old Corfu,where you will still see the old ladies wearing their traditional dress and donkeys used as transport.

I miss the ladies in San Stefanos in their black dresses and white aprons and headdress I don't think there any left now and the modern generation will never dress like that.Sad to see old traditions die out.

I love Corfu out of season when it's quiet.I wonder if these early visitors are staying in hotels,apartments or villas.

Now that Easyjet are starting their flights in April it should prolong the Summer season in Corfu but it means the tavernas and restaurants will

have to open up people need somewhere to eat.

The bus runs into Sidari  and back again several times a day starting 7.30 am.Timetables are posted at each bus stop.

The name of the new taverna in Afiones is Porto Timoni,run and owned by a very pleasant chap called Kostas (what else).
 I should have mentioned the flowers,Bouganvilia and geraniums all around the little houses,it's an artist's paradise.
 I have photographs but try as I might I can't use Imageshack!!