Vacation on Corfu Island: Liapades.

At a last week before the moving from Paleokastritsa our boy stayed ill, several days   high temperature has hold, has appeared a rash (we as well as did not knew that this was: trip to the physician postponed from one day for the next, but in a week he has stayed health itself).

At a Friday, for two days before the departure, we once again have rented the small car and have gone to search for a new place. This time we have decided to ride the west seaside southward from Paleokastritsa (downwards and upwards on the map). We went through several remarkable boroughs, very beautiful overhand, from mountains and no down, when before you go to them - a bay Saint Georges, Glifada and etc. This already was last days of the July, and Italians already occupied all decent places. Standard apartments in a hotel, truth ashore beach; possible was remove for 15-17 thousand drachmas in the day (50-60 dollars). For the example for same money one left a beautiful three-room villa in Paleokastritsa. Finally we have decided to return in Paleo for to dinner and re-wait the most hot time of the day, but at the evening go in the bay Saint Georges (upwards from Paleo on the map). However on the road we have came in Liapades, have went there hour   and a half and have removed a studio, having pay advance for one day, which in general nobody did not require from us. Truth, the studio was sufficiently  far off from beach, with the kilometer I think, but for 7 thousand in the day (approximately 23 dollars). In general-that small town Liapades further out itself from the beach, but from it on the whip leads a single sinuous road, along which (not so as a row) are situated villas, apartments, studios and supermarkets. The very whirl track, which so is beautifully stick in the bay Liapades whip seaborne. For us place is render wholly ingenious, in spite of it is far from the beach, because our studio was near by two supermarkets, last on the road seaward, and, if we have remove something adorn, we don't care happen to go on this road, only upwards, for products.

Being gone for the first once on the beach with the sidecar with illing boy, we were afraid little - nowhere to cover him from the sun, except as under the umbrella. I even went with the boy on the mountain on the left, rising on the small terraces for olive trees, but terraces these are renders insufficiently even for the sidecar. It However is then and there realize that declivity a right of mountain - leave whip with the pool with sea water (open for the public) and all following days we in the morning were bring forth on this whip and conducted there time before the dinner. Trips back with the sidecar uphill was very useful, as far as has save from remainders gunk, accumulate in the organism for the winter because of using an ecological nonnumeric Moscow beer.

With the beer in Liapades not so and well - in bars on the beach beer give bottled, but on the price draft, that causes an annoyance. But buy bottled nowhere, because all supermarkets upstairs. Drag with itself overhand senselessly - will be warm. In cricket club only, meters in 300 from the coast, is find draft beer. But there some waitress does not’t like us (though and speak that like Russian and several Russian words know, but slowly work).

Studio our in Liapades was at all other, than in Paleo. If in Paleo this was simply small private lodge, in Liapades it was a kind of mini-hotel - two small bodies, near the grief on 6, seems, studios, but before them, closer to the road, bar. All this is serviced family (probably, not real owners) with George at the head, which from mornings before the evening goes on the territory and establishes order. In the command enters its wife, son with the daughter-in-law and, possible, someone else invisible from the senior generation.

The First evening, seemed, did not foreshadow no good. The balcony of our studios was total with nearby, though in the extreme number beside, in which we and are to were will occupied, was separate balcony, but to a moment of our arrival a number not stay to prepare. As far as live lay ahead the whole week, we not steel to conk and came in. At night, in spite of our pretexts (boy was not quit health), George rode with us on the machine in the restaurant (tavern) in Liapades, in which work his pregnant daughter. Sooner the whole all, who there works, its relatives. However, and back us bring too. In the restaurant us much well have take, was decent local wine and something very tasty, that possible name stuffed peppers. Return already sufficiently late homeward, we have find on our balcony three Italians of years twenty, drinking cocktails, which they mixed, covering the glass by the lid and with the whole hard knocking it on the table. As A Result Of is in the morning find that splinters of glass glasses truncate the whole floor on balcony. Beat Glasses of Italians, other, did not stop, because from the room were stand plastic disposable glasses, however plastic glass how follows does not hard hit on the table, and cocktails, maybe, was mix insufficiently effectively. Boy quickly stays sleeping, because it is nothing for him. Than-that they and us gusted, I have “Apelia”, brought from Paleo, so approximately for a hour is tie debate on the communism, in which, however, actively took part only one of the Italians, understood on-English. Was it Now and then mix cocktail by such nock, what our domino-players do “fish”? Finally, conversation in English has tire Italians. One of them bring from the number a guitar and handwritten songwriter. On the half-dark balcony Italians joined from three sides their heads on the songwriter and steels without breaks and stops one for other holler sings. Amongst the Italian song is get and one of Beatls. In same rhythm without the stop they sang and it. Tried to perform a hymn of Soviet union - they knew a tune, I has recall a few words an no?I?, but this is render little. When songwriter has end, Italians are close in its room and else long that-there beat glass. Seemed that so will and henceforward, however on the morning by it George something such has say that they I?became qiuet. We their in general weakly felt. When we left, they else have rescue, afterwards they somewhere left on the machine with Italian numbers, to which they, strictly, and have arrive, but per diem before our departure have leave in the Italy. Through the vapor of days beside they have appear small and skinny, as small fish, Italien girlfriend, afterwards, seems, one more such.

In general from this weeks stayed an impression, that we lived its in the village.

As far as deal already approached by the end of - before the departure stayed the whole week - and it became clear for us, that money will be enough and else will little stay, in Liapades we went each evening  in some tavern or in the restaurant. (In general and in Paleo and in Liapades, in Perama and in Benitses, there are no shops in our understanding of this word - only minimarkets with the standard product kit and belongings, that much spares money). In tavern, where work relatives of Georg, we went once again in the ambience - there beside them on ambiences Greek dances in national suits. Once we have stay ashore in tavern of Cricket club. Somehow we visited  tavern straight opposite our studios. Apropos, opposite our villa through the road there was a villa of Czechs, where their brand groups, there was a pool and tennis court with a torn net, but  we did not see there someone played.  In 50 meters upwards on the road there was a market “Katerina”, but else through 50 meters upwards - a villa “Michalis” with the pool (open for the public). Two or three times on evenings we went in itself Liapades to walk on streets of present Greek borough. Last time we went on Friday to ring in Moscow. On Friday in all bars and on the central area there are many of masculines - Greek muzhiks are weaken.

Life in interior of island created some difficulties. First, our boy still was illing. Sooner it  was a chicken pox or rubella because of that he bathed in Paleo in total swimming-pools. Trip to the doctor in Paleo cost else as a minimum 100 dollars. Not so their miserable, but a doctor must appear near eleven, but, as we are convince, he can will be declare and at a hour past midi. So we carried our trip  from a day for a day, while in 5 days a boy went  to the adjustment, but in a week he became quite all right.

The Second problem, which not to manage to decide was a rent of car. At a last Friday we wanted drive else along the island. Strictly, only I wanted because in the preceding trip a boy else was illing and, though all was much beautifully, I couldn't enjoy perfectly. Unlike Paleo in Liapades we found only one place, where possible apply for car-hire. It was small tourist agency in the side from the road. Go-between, they are only intermediary, which somewhere have rang and have said that it was possible to get for a Saturday only some determined marks, seems, Suzuki-Samurai (expensive machine, dollars 60 in the day). Saturday did not make for us.