Day 13: 5 Airports, 4 Airplanes, 11,000 miles and 32 Hours later.

On schedule we landed at London, Heathrow at 6:15am followed by a 4 hour layover and then another three and a half hour flight followed by a last 50 minute flight tracking backward and it is 7:30 pm. Dollars to Pounds to Euros.... (still) Currency conversion, mileage counter, time tracker!

And we are in Greece..... first Athens and then Corfu:  Continent 2 ...  Island 3. Corfu is part of the Ionian Islands in the Ionian Sea down across from the heel of the boot of Southern Italy, off the west coast of Northern Greece. www. .................... . Now we are in the land of FOOD! Oh my, Wendy it's fresh grilled calamari, flat just tender pieces and the squiggly baby squid bits in olive oil and lemon juice with flat leave parsley. Why do I cringe at fuzzy worms? Olives, vegetable salad served hot... the local spinach with thick stalks, lemon juice and olive oil; I can't resist espresso, I may be up all night but after hours and hours of plain bottled water it would taste so good and with it comes a 'house gift' of a triangle of lemon and honey and I don't know what else. An ancient taverna in the old town of Corfu around the corner from my small hotel.

Siiorra, Vittoria; built in 1823 as a private home in the Venetian style this gem of a find is really newly redone. www.siorravittoria,com    I'm in the room at the top of the house which must have been servants quarters. It is a spacious room with a view down to the old harbor and over to the fortress

There is a 100 year old magnolia tree hanging huge white blossoms in my way. I was at a loss for somewhere to stay for 2 nights before the next conference starts and went into Aegean Air's web site where they offer discounted rooms and updated reviews. I often use airline hotel reservation sites as they have great rates in cities like London. Well I got lucky with this one. Lovely breakfast, Greek coffee and a garden; all that with a super restaurant reference and a warm welcome for a tired traveler.