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| The three of us with a dinner of local feta cheese, bread, olive oil and wine. |
My last stop for spring break and
the place that I was most excited for was Corfu, Greece. My roommates, Julie
and Sophie, and I had rented a house along with four other Americans from our
school for nine whole days. The place was a five minute walk down a hill to the
beach, and we had the best view of the whole town and the stars from our huge
back patio. The moment we arrived that evening, Sophie and I hurried to the
patio to soak in the stars, which we hadn’t seen in months. I had no idea who
much I missed seeing them every night. The instant I sat back to take them in,
I felt like my soul was being cleansed.
I went to bed super excited to
explore the town but woke up a lot less excited. Because the temperature was so
beautiful and we were right on the ocean, we decided to open all the windows to
fall asleep to the crashing waves.
During the night a buncha mosquitoes got in through the screen cracks
and found us while we were sleeping. Everyone was mostly just itchy in the
morning, but I woke to discover I was unfortunately allergic to these specific
mosquitoes. I had giant bumps the on my
arms, hands, and face. My forehead was so swollen and I couldn’t bend a few of
my fingers where the bugs had got me. It
was pretty painful and I looked like Quasimodo, but I didn’t let it get me down.
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| Sweet Bobby and I |
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| Thank god these glasses were big enough to cover my wonky eye |
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| Corfu town |
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| The neat-ass ship wreck |
Our first days were spent walking
around Corfu and making friends with a local dog we called Bobby. He followed
us everywhere and made everything better.
The water was a still a bit cold so we spent a good amount of time
drinking wine in the sand during the day. We rented cars and drove to
the most beautiful cove where the water was crystal clear. This was my favorite
day. It’s strange how you come to miss normal things like riding in cars when
you’re away from home for so long. We took a bus into Corfu town and ate some
delicious moussaka followed by authentic baklava. Sophie and I went exploring
and found an old ship wreck with Bobby, then climbed our way up a mountain by
an overgrown eerie path. We ate a ton of gyros. My roommate got sun poisoning.
We spend a night painting ocean rocks at a quirky local bar called Robin's Nest owned by a Chicago
native. I got bitten by a mosquito near my eye and swelled
up like Quasimodo then got bitten on my lip a few nights later and looked like
I participated in the Kylie Jenner challenge. It felt so good to be in warm
weather I spent a lot of days just sitting outside coloring in a cool as hell
coloring book I got in Belgium.
Besides not having a worry in the
world for nine days, one of my favorite things about Corfu (probably Greece in
general) was how incredibly welcoming the people are. The first morning, we
walked to one of the local grocery stores for breakfast. As we chatted to the
owner/cashier she handed all three of us handmade olive oil soap right off the
shelf as a kind gesture for our stay. That night we went out to buy a few
bottles of wine and also had a nice conversation with the owner/cashier at a
different store. As we were checking out he walked over an aisle, grabbed a big
bag of peanuts, and handed them to us. He said, “I have a daughter your age and
if she were drinking I would want her to eat these too.” The world would be a better place if it took a clue from the people of Corfu.
This last stop for spring break was
the perfect relaxing end to a hectic three weeks of country hopping.