101 POSTCARD from Leonie


The view of the setting sun from the anchorage near Ormos Koprainis, Gulf of Amvrakia


EASTER on Corfu is the most celebrated event of the island’s year, a two-day religious festival featuring hours of mournful procession, gleeful pot smashing from high buildings and a triumphant fireworks display. On Easter Friday, ferries ply constantly back and


forth from the various ports dotted around the Ionian Sea, spilling never-ending streams of people into the already swollen streets of the Old Town. The heart of Corfu jostles with hundreds of thousands of bodies; locals from across the island, mainlanders who have returned home for the annual bonanza, Greek patriots looking to honour the occasion Corfiot style and the merely curious, like us. The atmosphere swings from sombre to joyous, and


the crowds revel unrestrainedly yet are peaceful and respectful. Easter is a revered religious holiday across the whole


of Orthodox Greece, more so than Christmas, and Corfu, by far, hosts the biggest and most famous Easter celebrations in the country. We had left the lush green holiday island for Paxos


two weeks earlier, hav- ing wintered at Gouvia Marina but made a u-turn on the advice of our new-found pals Jeff and Helen who insisted, as we were in the area, the festivities on Corfu were not to be missed. We arrived at


Mandraki Yacht Club, under the Old Fort, on Good Friday and from the calm of the sheltered port walked out into a sea of colour,


Easter parade in Corfu


Lakka Bay, Paxos (September 2016)


Sunset over Corfu Island taken from the mainland port of Sayiadha the night before we arrived at Gouvia Marina in October 2016.


A pot falls from a tall building in Corfu Old Town during the Easter celebrations


Huge crowds gather in Corfu Old Town for the traditional Easter pot throwing


BY GINNY WARE


Friend Kate Cotton comes to visit


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