Corfu - nothing clever to say to grab your attention... sorry 'bout that!

Today we arrived on Corfu Island, the town of Kerkia, and there were already two ships docked.  This is the one thing that doesn’t thrill me about cruising… the huge ships that seem to all arrive at some places.  Anyway, I digress!  Right next to us was a military boat that looked like it belonged in a James Bond movie.  Apparently, the Greeks bought it from the US and it was being refurbished for their use.  Jer started to walk towards it when we got off our boat and was waved away by a machine gun carrying guard. 

Another morning greeted with the sun painting the water!  We are in the Ionian Sea now, and this town has two fortresses. The Old Fortress was built in 1546 and all the city inhabitants lived within the walls; a new fortress, call, you guessed it, The New Fortress was built less than fifty years later to better protect the Old Fortress.  As you can tell now, the population is huge, and the fortress is now just for visiting!

We got off the ship with plans for some exploring and caching!  Bought Jer a hat at one of the little shops… We were away from the tourist stuff, so we were seeing how the folks that live here really live!  Got to the geocache finally and, to our dismay, we never found it.  Spent 30 minutes looking, then gave up… Walked away with a bit on my lower leg that has swelled up; but, we did get some cute pics of a cat playing with a cricket!  Poor cricket!   Cat never ate it, just wanted to play!

More walking and discovered more of the city, more waterfront, and the opposite side of the fortress.  Got further in the area after we stopped for lunch and another geocache, which we did locate! Ran into Gary and Liz leaving the museum in that area.  About an hour earlier they said they had run into Jens and Julie in the same spot!  We continued on, and got adventurous again, and turned into the narrow housing streets and looked for another cache.  Took lots of pics… and yes we found that one too!  Then, we had to find our way out of the maze of alley ways to the main drag! 

Followed the busier road and headed for the boat which was probably a mile away.  As we descended toward the water front, saw Julie and Jens seated in a sweet place enjoying some liquids!  Chatted for a whiled and ended up walking back to the boat together.  Long day, as my fit bit said I’d traveled 5 miles on foot!  WOOHOO!

Kitty at play!

 Weird ship... space age looking!

 I love abandoned buldings!

Our Snack with a view of the above pics!

 These ladies where giving their 2 year old a bath and doing laundry in the park.  They were asked eventually to leave... and not in a nice way I could tell even though I don't know the language!

 Trying to act coy, there was a geocache behind this dude!

 Museum where we saw Gary/Liz

 Aha, Cache in the wall!

 When we came back to the ship, there were FIVE cruise boats there!!!!

 Shadow Selfie of us!

 The new fortress!

 So many small fishing boats... these are the ones in good shape... some were pretty scary looking!