Exploring Greece on Bikes… and Finding Flamingos?

We’re heading to Corfu during the shoulder season to see if we can get the authentic Greek island experience: turquoise beaches, delicious eats, and a relaxed island vibe – all without the crowds. Please don’t forget to like and subscribe to our channel, we will be posting new videos every Saturday!

Ever dream of a Greek island escape, but worried about crowds and prices? There’s a secret most travelers miss: the BEST time to visit Greece isn’t summer…
Ready to ditch the summer madness and experience the true magic of Greece? Stick around to see how we packed our off-season Corfu itinerary all into just a few days.

Episode 8 | Filmed March 2024 | Corfu, Greece

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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:32 Beginning of first day
01:48 Issos Beach: https://maps.app.goo.gl/wmcVPy6c7XaKynUY6
05:53 Flamingo Observation Point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/wmcVPy6c7XaKynUY6
08:00 The good times in life
09:06 To Kalami Beach
11:20 Dock Swim: https://maps.app.goo.gl/G1n15rsuP5VibfZXA
12:00 Kalami Beach Restaurant

ever dream of a Greek Island Escape but worried about crowds and prices there’s a secret most Travelers miss the best time to visit Greece isn’t summer we’re heading to Corfu during the shoulder season to see if we can get the authentic Greek Island Experience turquoise beaches delicious eats and a relaxed Island Vibe all without the crowds ready to Dish a summer madness and experience the true magic of Grease stick around to see how we packed our offseason Coro itinerary all into just a few days good morning our first full day in cor Fu EA is still sleeping I’m going to whip up some breakfast and we’re going to hit the road show you guys some of these beaches around here all right guys we’re going to have a slow day today because that is what we really need and we’re going to head down to ESO Beach we’re taking our bikes down there all right let’s get going [Music] this is do it’s got all those marks on it too this is not proper biking at the tire well sunny out I wanted to protect myself in the sun yeah okay we got it all right TR stain yeah we’re doing this where no one else is here and it’s perfect the weather is just incredible it feels again I keep saying it it feels just like summer what do you think I think this is fun and I’m glad we’re doing it your dress is intact no it’s it’s a shambles you look like a chicken with no [Music] ta all right we made it to esos beach but as you can see it’s pretty wavy over here so we’re going to go on the other side of the cove and we found like a little Inlet called mingo’s Viewpoint and we’re going to go see if we can go swimming over there instead I was just telling kosa I can’t believe that nobody comes here during this time of year and that you spend so much less money because nothing is open to tempt you to go to all these restaurants and waste all this money you could do basic things like the bikes are free you can cook at home and you get this amazing Beach all to yourself so it’s definitely a different kind of trip but so far so good this road is Bumpy with rocks but they give us some 30 bikes [Applause] woo all right I’m going to have to use both hands here we’re also going to the flamingo we can get around we’re doing YouTube so we’ll we’ll show you guys in our YouTube if you won’t otherwise we’ll blur you you’re down there’s a paddle down there on our path so we have to go this way hopefully they connect carrying the bike around is part of the exercise she wants to ditch the bikes cuz we’re approaching noon High UV index and we haven’t been out in the sun in a while so we can’t be out here for T IA EA is toweling it I feel like I’m in the desert this is really hard keep going okay so we’re going to Dish the bikes over here hopefully no one takes them because it’s too difficult to carry them s is hiding into the bushes now perfect camouflage where are the bikes nobody knows so we’re on our adventure Footprints bab follow the footprint to find the it’s called Flamingo observation point they’re going hopefully there’s flamingos in there I see this Trail she sees the trail the footprint fresh prints we follow the tra German German Footprints where the footprints right there okay we’re good we can just follow this oh they went off the trail where are they going like total deser out here okay but what we’ll do is we’ll launch our drone and then we’ll know exactly where we are smart you guys we’re having a lot of fun over here this was this trip is already worthwhile just cuz of these days and we have two more days here yeah we useed the Drone to find the PATH and now we’re going to go back and get our bikes and then ride our bikes down the path because it’s going to be way easier now we can’t find the bikes we we don’t know where we put them cuz everything looks the same there’s a fresh bike path so we can yeah they’re here yep there they are they’re right there all right we’re back on the [Music] path got another puddle here and ctia is carrying the bikes over H okay all right leaving them again we met up with our friends they said there’s flamingos let’s go see them these Jens let us we going to try to use this thing with the camera see what happens can you get it oh yeah that’s cool all right so we sawo flamingos and then I flew the Drone down there and scared them but got the footage I told him to go higher with the Drone but he wasn’t getting close enough and then he went too close so we kind of ruined the view for these guys but back on the sand again yeah that’s a lake natural reserve so you can’t swim there we have to find another Beach to swim where it’s not as rough cuz on the beach where we went it’s rough and um this is a lake so we have to find but there’s so many beaches there’s hundreds of beaches here in coru all right we’re back at the beach over here going to go swing right now [Music] now we’re Hing back to the house for a bit recharge eat a little bit and then we’ll go back out [Music] oh yeah I’m all about this hammock [Music] life how do you feel about our life right now and what we’re doing this these are the good times and life it’s the whole point of life should be enjoyed big [Music] gecko okay babe continue what you were saying this is whole point of life it should be enjoyed and there’s those who want to do other things and you want to enjoy life so there is no other point well there you have it life’s all about eating peanuts chilling in the Sun that is life in a nutshell we’re heading to a beach on the other side right now we’re on the western side we’re going to head to the Eastern side and it should take us about 15 minutes see you there all right guys we’re driving around the island and we’re on our way to starts with the K I forgot the name ah we don’t remember the name Calo something like that okay so we’re almost there CUA says the water on the uh east side should be totally chill it’s nice when you have an island that’s so thin that when you drive from one side from west to east it takes less than half an hour that’s amazing because the wind is blowing in One Direction and when you go to one side and it’s windy and the Sea you you know crazy you go to the other one should be totally chill but let’s find out do you guys ever get that Island feeling where you feel just completely like at ease and it’s like yeah we have so many olive trees here look at this and relaxed and like all the stress is like melted away and I don’t know like there’s something special about Islands I don’t know if everybody can feel it but I definitely can feel [Music] it here we are the water looks pretty calm out there oh there’s a dock but it’s not we can jump in I don’t think I’m jumping in that dock but it doesn’t look as bright blue oh actually it is pretty bright blue super blab it’s super blue wow it’s so clear that I was seeing the bottom and I was thinking it didn’t look bright blue hello That was cuz I was in the bottom of the ocean I’m e I’m an immigrant well you are too in this country we just went swimming CA wants to go swimming again they’re just trying to chill over here for a little while I hav’t slept for three nights here’s Coco here my little Coco hello hello there goes the [Music] Dr how is it how is it Coco did you touch bottom I touchot told you sh is open so we’re going to get some late lunch or dinner what would you call this or [Music] snacks this is a really good idea to come to the this side of the island because we would have had to drive 45 minutes into acoss of town to get dinner and this is so amazing Greek bread here toiki spicy cheese and eggplant salad all good yeah there you ready what’s in there babe no to the balls we got toiki got aiki and a baby toiki and a baby toiki shrim cocktail cocktail sauce this place is definitely super awesome we love it here I wish we could stay here forever all right we just had our dinner over here and I’m walking on the dock so I can show you guys this awesome view how cute Coco is up here really digging the grease Vibe I think he’s going to come back thank you look at that that yum yum what [Music] do oh he likes you all right we’re ready for Ben we’ll see you guys tomorrow for another crazy day of cor Fu Adventures