Home #reallyontheship A Pub Crawl Poker Run, Corfu, Greece and Bari/Alberobello, Italy

A Pub Crawl Poker Run, Corfu, Greece and Bari/Alberobello, Italy

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June 16-18, 2024

Last sea day for awhile we got in a pub crawl poker run (L-R – Karen, Vickie, Rick and myself) – $10 to enter: At each of five bars around the ship, each participant draws an envelope containing a card, which are all opened at the last stop in front of the host. Best hand gets 1/2 the pot and hosts the next event. Karen “won”.
Where in the World is Carolyn? – Corfu

With our arrival in Corfu, we caught back up with our original – very busy- itinerary. With a port almost every day for the next 6 weeks, I will be posting mainly photos and minimal stories/ history. We took an island highlights tour with some friends.

Paleokastritsa Monastery
Views from the Paleokastritsa Monastery
View from the monastery
“Ripped” Jesus – painting from 15th century hanging in the monastery
The Vlacherna Monastery on its own island/pier (overlook only)
The Old Fortress (Contrafossa) of Corfu. Initial construction begun in the 6th century, many pauses, completed by the Venetians in the 15th century
The “New” Fort in Corfu – construction started in approximately 1572 and completed in 1728
Mural in port in Bari, before heading out of town with friends

Our friend Bob moved to a town near Bari, Italy with his wife and son in early 2022. Bob and Candy picked us up from the port and drove us to the unique town of Alberobello, about an hour away.

Part of what makes the town so unique is the white washed buildings with cone-shaped slate roofs called “trulli” with religious and astrological designs painted on the roofs.

An avenue of Trulli buildings
The Alberobello Cathedral
Inside the cathedral
The miniature version of the city
John, Candy and Bob as we stopped in for a glass at a local brew house.

A short day in port meant a rush back to the ship and onto Ravenna, Italy.

2 Comments:

  1. Marion Dutton
    June 24, 2024 at 6:48 pm

    Exhausting!

  2. wjoellen3
    June 24, 2024 at 7:14 pm

    I’ve read about the trulli buildings!
    Everyone seems to fall in love with Corfu.
    Greece,is one of my biggest regrets…that didn’t make it that far.
    I bolted from my big European tour in Florence.
    Too much art,too many churches.
    If I could only win PCH…(publishers clearing house)
    HA!

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