One of the many cultural differences between Great Britain and Greece is breakfast.Everyone knows the meaning of a "Full English" and most people who have connections with Greece will be able to tell you what the Greek equivalent is - Greek coffee (or espresso at a pinch) with a piece of dry toast (frigania - which actually more resembles what we would call a rusk) and a cigarette.Now that our office is located solely in Dassia, we have to plan our excursions to Corfu town very carefully - making sure that we don't forget any of the tasks we have to do. Before, in the days when we also had a town base, we could nip to the solicitors' office, pop to the bank, visit the accountant at the drop of a hat. Now we have to plan everything a bit like a military operation and, of course, breakfast (or a second one) is part of the picture.
Strangely, it is almost impossible to find a café serving coffee that also provides anything resembling a continental breakfast as we would like it to be, that is a choice of croissants and rolls with jam and butter, maybe some plain cake and a good hot cappuccino. Coffee you can find - a huge variety of it, what's more - but usually the cafes that serve it will only provide a small biscuit on the saucer if you are lucky. In the past few years we have managed to locate a few cafes that do have a small selection of something sweet, but these are few and far between. This is particularly strange since Corfu is full of take-away patisseries where you can buy a vast variety of croissant-type goodies.
Problem solved! Choose your favourite location, order your chosen coffee and request permission to carry in from the nearest pie shop. We have tried this in a number of town establishments with great success - the photo shows our latest "time-out" moment between jobs.
