Comments on: Images from Corfu: The Garden of the Gods https://anitamathias.com/2013/04/03/images-from-corfu-the-garden-of-the-gods/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Thu, 14 Nov 2013 00:59:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2013/04/03/images-from-corfu-the-garden-of-the-gods/#comment-20396 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:55:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=42410#comment-20396 In reply to LA.

Sadly, there is quite a lot of trash in corners of beaches and streets in Corfu. Surprising for a touristised island. But it is so beautiful now, in the spring, and sweet-smelling, so I barely notice it.

I loved the Parthenon. We did a whirlwind 10 days trip through Greece when the kids were little–I loved Delphos, Olympia and Corinth. May try it again now that they are older. Will have to do it in April or October. My husband wilts in the heat, and so do I, so we try to stick to Northern Europe in the summer.

I probably sound like a real travel junkie, though I am really a contemplative sort of woman, though my normal life is so sedentary and book and screen oriented that I do need the “fix” of travel, sun, walking, and nature to keep fresh.

]]> By: LA https://anitamathias.com/2013/04/03/images-from-corfu-the-garden-of-the-gods/#comment-20395 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:08:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=42410#comment-20395 In reply to LA.

“Ducking”…not “tucking”…dang autocorrect on this iPad 😉

]]> By: LA https://anitamathias.com/2013/04/03/images-from-corfu-the-garden-of-the-gods/#comment-20394 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:07:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=42410#comment-20394 I was in Greece many years ago in my youth (high school), but to all the usual tourist places…Parthenon, etc. Greece was probably m least favorite place. The people didn’t seem to have any interest in the upkeep of their national treasure sites (in contrast to Scotland), and I will never forget the images (and smells) of the trash just lying everywhere and men urinating in the streets (tucking into alleys, but still…) in Athens. Everyone was sweet and absolutely delightful…but there was a high “yuck factor” involved with the hygiene of their big touristy cities. I’m so very grateful to have a different experience through your blog of the country -I’m sure most Greek sites are more like what you’re considering, but I had officially marked a return visit off my bucket list, but now I’m wondering if a trip to Corfu might satisfy my hubby’s craving for Greece, yet not upset my sensibilities. They should pay you advertising fees. 😉

]]> By: Considerer https://anitamathias.com/2013/04/03/images-from-corfu-the-garden-of-the-gods/#comment-20393 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:36:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=42410#comment-20393 In reply to Anita Mathias.

She has good taste. I think I started earlier than that, but still go back to the books frequently. I’ve expanded to Attenborough now, as well, but he’s less funny than Durrell 😉

]]> By: Wandering in Corfu in 7 Quick Takes | Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com/2013/04/03/images-from-corfu-the-garden-of-the-gods/#comment-20392 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:22:03 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=42410#comment-20392 […] the donkeys on the island, and have petted every one. Yesterday, we saw a traditional olive mill in the Theotokos monastery. The acolyte explained how donkeys were harnessed to the spokes around the basin and walked around […]

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2013/04/03/images-from-corfu-the-garden-of-the-gods/#comment-20391 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:01:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=42410#comment-20391 In reply to Considerer.

Very cool. I read some Durrell as a teen, but now it’s my 13 year old, Irene, who devours them! And oh the cats, everywhere. I suppose there are no natural predators, and a mild, aphrodisiac climate!

]]> By: Considerer https://anitamathias.com/2013/04/03/images-from-corfu-the-garden-of-the-gods/#comment-20390 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:43:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=42410#comment-20390 Ohhhh it’s GORGEOUS! Thank you. Gerald Durrell’s the reason I hope to visit Corfu one day. His books are marvellous. Incidentally, the stray cats were there before he was – in one book he details how a tutor of his, in the Jewish quarter, had a shotgun ever-ready to shoot the stray cats which entered his garden and so relieve their suffering!

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