In New Zealand, advertising has given us the expression, ‘togs, togs, undies’. In short, this means that the further you walk away from the beach wearing togs, especially ‘budgie smugglers’, the closer you will get to being arrested. In the beautiful Greek island of Corfu, the same can be said for driving except the expression would be, ‘road, road, driveway’. It seems the further you get away from the beach, the narrower the roads become and the closer one gets to an automotive insurance claim.
The island of Corfu is just off the Greek coast, famous for its beaches by day and loud parties at night; Kavos in the south is the night clubbing capital of Corfu. The best thing about the island for me was that much of life there, at least until the doof doof kicks off, appears trapped in a medieval time warp with many towns still as they were 800 to 1000 years ago. All the towns are accessible by car and travelling between them is quite an adventure.
One of the best trips took us to the Sokraki hilltop village in the middle of the
