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These things I miss. So I'll have a nice cup of tea. 27 Aug 2013 | 03:03 pm
With less than two months before our Big Fat Greek Gap Year comes to an end, we begin to think about all the packing up that needs to be done and the journey home. We also think about ways we can mak...
Dancing in the Corfu rain like nobody's watching 23 Aug 2013 | 02:44 pm
It's quiet now after all our village festivities. A cool wind whips through the plateia as a handful of people sit under the Narnia lamp post. And it is bliss. It's been a week now since our panigy...
And now the party is over: St Maria's feast night in Corfu 16 Aug 2013 | 04:15 pm
We left just after three this morning and still they were dancing the night away. Nikos the Greek got through at least eight T-shirts. He pulled them out of a rucksack as if they were the silk handke...
Bringing you best wishes for St Maria Day in Corfu 15 Aug 2013 | 05:14 pm
On the eve of the Dormition of the Theotokos, the church bells toll and there is a procession through the village and a service in the church. In the central plateia, the men prepare the sperna, soak...
Corfu: party time for the Virgin Mary and St Spyridon 11 Aug 2013 | 09:47 pm
At this time of year, there are festivals going on all over Greece. They might not be as extravagant as in previous years because of the economic crisis. Some have been cancelled altogether because of...
Like my Facebook page to see more Corfu photos and videos 10 Aug 2013 | 03:03 pm
During our big fat Greek gap year, I've been taking lots of photos and videos of village life and events in and around Corfu. To see them, go to my Maddie Grigg Facebook page and click 'like'. You'll...
A magical night in the village square 8 Aug 2013 | 04:01 pm
As the band struck up the theme music to Harry Potter, xylophones gently tinkling, I got up from my seat to find the best spot to take a photo. The plateia was atmospheric. It was a magical night, wi...
Look what the postman just delivered 8 Aug 2013 | 01:26 pm
Well, my friend's parcel has arrived. Just as well it wasn't any smaller. That's about it. Love Maddie x
The wonderful Varkarola in Paleokastritsa, Corfu 5 Aug 2013 | 12:29 pm
It's a story I know so well. Odysseus, shipwrecked after battling with Poseidon who is angry at the hero for blinding his son, the cyclops Polyphemus, lands, naked and exhausted, on the shores of Sch...
The postman always weighs twice 4 Aug 2013 | 01:29 pm
Great excitement. A new post office is opening up right in the middle of Agios Magikades. And I have a parcel to post to a friend. I can't find a jiffy envelope so I turn a couple of brown bags for f...
