On the morning of the last day of my travels in Corfu, I woke up unusually early (about 6:00am as I recall; it was just before sunrise) and decided to grab my S9600 and venture outwards to see if I could discover any worthy early morning pictures. It was a clear morning and sunrise was about to hit the horizon. Luckily the hotel I was staying at was situated on Kommeno Bay, giving a wonderful view past the hotel swimming pool out onto the horizon and across to the other side of Corfu Island. Unfortunately by the time I was got into position the sun was already into it’s journey across the sky! I missed it breaking the horizon by a few minutes but I think the sunrise pictures below are still worth showing to the world. Click on each one to get a much larger sunrise picture (3696 x 2464)
Next up in our ‘Photos From’ collection is Corfu! Corfu was the first place I had ever taken my S9600 to so I simply stuck it on Auto and clicked away! I had the privilege of going to Corfu for 5 days in 2007 and do you know what the best part was? - I didn’t pay for any of it! I was sent there for a conference meaning my college pays for the flight and accommodation - possibly the cheapest holiday I’ve ever been on! The hotel was without doubt the most amazing hotel I’ve ever stayed in. I say hotel but it’s more aptly described as a palace. It deserves 6 stars it was that good - every morning there was a huge buffet breakfast of fruit juices, cheeses, bread, eggs, hams, fresh vegetables, the works. And there was another buffet in the evening! I learned a whole two words while I was there: Kalimera (Good morning) and Kalispera (Good Evening), very useful for meeting and greeting. I had fantastic weather for the five days and the accomodation was excellent - everyone had their own little apartment / villa type house; not just a dank room, but a proper living space with a balcony overlooking Kommeno Bay. Corfu Village was just 12km away and could be reached easily by bus - it’s a very touristy village, but nice anyway. I took a boat trip around the north coast - nothing on the coast but hotel after hotel after hotel, it’s crazy! The competition must be immense.
I’ve got about 600 or so photos from Corfu so I’ll likely do a Part 2 to this short collection.
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