Corfu Greece is a city that we visited last August. Our goal today is to have lunch at a restaurant we enjoyed on the last trip, purchase a coat that Terri looked at last trip and then to the cigar store for some cigars from Cuba.
We got a late start and were ready for lunch. The restaurant was about 3.5 miles from the ship. We went by the clothing store and decided to get the coat. Terri saved a photo from last year. If she wanted it, she could have called and they would ship. We were here so why not try it on and then buy?
The sales woman wasn’t satisfied with one sale and Terri was soon trying on many more things. After 30 mins, nothing of interest. We decided to have the coat shipped anyway to avoid having to carry it on the plane.
On to the restaurant.
We didn’t remember the name, only the location. After 15 mins of walking we found it. Closed. For good. We decided to walk back to the old town area and find another restaurant.
We ended up here. Right in the old town area. We ate lunch on the street. I had meatloaf and Terri had chicken. Very good. A new favorite stop in Corfu.
Rain was threatening. We decided to start our walk back to the ship and stopped in the cigar shop. He had little stock and told me that Cuba has halted all exports of cigars to jack up the price. When they start exporting again the price will be 50% higher. I asked if he received any stock from the Dominican Republic and he said that he could only carry cigars from Cuba.
It rained on and off on our walk back. Back on the ship we sat by the pool and then watched as the ship left the port. Lots of cruise ships in the port. 4 other large ships with lots of people.
We walked the promenade as the Captain gave his signature blowing of the ships horn. The whole ship shakes and he seems try to play some kind of “shave and a haircut, 2 bits”; kind of rhythm. He does love to blow his horn.
Dinner in the Lido and then evening entertainment. Tom Crosbie was the entertainer. He was able to show that he has memorized the entire works of William Shakespeare. He asked audience members to give a page number and he would tell the first and last word of the page and then recite a portion of the page. Impressive. He did some finger dexterity stuff. Less impressive. He then finished with the rubrics cube. Solving it in under 30 seconds each time. One time even blind folded. We were tired from our walk through Corfu and had a good nap through a portion of his show.
Terri was desperate to even up the rummy score. She did clean my clock and we are now 3-2.…