Today I remained mostly in and arround my house...
I went to the Arillas bakery to get some bread for our breakfast. Maria has closed the door and
is serving her customers though the window.... very nice trick to keep distance...
The local small supermarket nextdoor is in normal business no empty selfs, loads of toiletpaper and corfu beer etc.
The weather is sooo nice so my kids spent time outside in our garden Litsa was busy tiding the house as she is off work . the municipality office where she works has closed the doors to the public . Only after an apointment someone can meet with the staf, otherwise everything is done by telephone or email.
Our very good friend
Noufris has came back from a Vacation in MEXIKO !!! he now has to stay in his apartmetn with his two friends that were with him in self isolation quarantine for two weeks as the
the Greek authorities have announced, ‘ all travellers arriving in Greece from abroad are required to go into 14 days self isolation’ as from 16th March.than means if you enter the border will be having a week's holiday in April you will have to extend your holiday for one more week but you will have to stay arround your villa... (english humor... sorry) Oh! I forgot to tell you that all accommodation is banned untill end of april so that joke is only for expat villa owners....
We were supposed to travel for a long weekend on the 29th March to 1st April so I received an email from ryanair containing the following:
Ryanair expects the result of these restrictions will be the grounding of most of its aircraft fleet across Europe over the next 7 to 10 days. Because of this we want to offer our customers as much flexibility as possible in relation to their scheduled travel plans. We are now offering you the following options in relation to your booked flight.
· You can now move your flight free of charge to a date in the future.
· The flight change fee will be waived in full.
· You will only have to pay the difference in fare.
· This flight date change will only apply to the route you have already booked.
· Please do not try to change to another date in April. Closure of shops in Corfu being considered
what will be open... from wendestday
- Super Market
- Pharmacies
- Catering shops such as bakeries, butchers, etc.
- Kiosks / mini market
- Fuel stations
- Banks
- Delicatessen and Restaurants ( Delivery or takeaway)
- Courier - Postal services
- Garages
- Pet shops
- Mobile phone stores
- Opticians Shops
- Online shops
The goverment also anounced entry ban for travellers from Italy, Albania and North Macedonia. Only freight vehicles allowed.
To date all coronavirous samples sent from Corfu have tested negative for coronavirus. However, tents are set up outside the main hospital building to examine patients for coronavirus...
Among all these , I feel very lucky that my family and closed friends can go through all this in CORFU and not anywhere alse in world. Talk to you soon,
Dimitris
