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Corfu

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Many years ago my wife and I attended a Collegium* Meeting in Corfu, a Greek island in the Ionic Sea, very close to Albania. The Meeting was quite remarkable, as it usually happens in the Collegium. And, of course, there were many friends present, and it is always nice to see friends from other countries. Apart from that, however, we were in a paradise. A lovely island, with friendly people and a very special atmosphere. Fortunately we had time to wonder through the old and new towns, learn the exciting history of the island. Besides history, there are the legends. Corfu seems to have been the mythical island of the Phaeacians, and it is said that the bay of Palaiokastritsa was the beach where Odysseus was saved from a shipwreck and met Nausicaa for the first time. Nausicaa was the girl who took care of him and later married one of his sons. It is also believed that Corfu is the magical island where Prospero lived, according to Shakespeare’s last play, The Tempest. Shakespeare, ho