Before our return to the mainland (France), we built in an extra day in Bastia in order to explore a bit of the northern part of the island, more specifically Cap Corse. Bastia is the 2nd largest city in Corsica and its location on the northeastern coast gives it extraordinary views of the Mediterranean andContinue reading “Corsica: Part 3”
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Corsica: Part 2
Porto-Vecchio & The Surrounding Area Porto-Vecchio is about a 35-min drive from Bonifacio and is located on the southeastern coast of the island. It is a port city as the name implies and it too possesses a citadel, although its setting is more played down compared to Bonifacio’s. The more notable attractions associated with Porto-VecchioContinue reading “Corsica: Part 2”
Corse, of course!
The first of 4 school vacations for the 2021 – 2022 academic year had arrived and we decided on spending the 2-week break visiting Corsica (Corse), and Sardinia (Sardegna). Corsica is part of France and Sardinia is part of Italy, although as one would learn, don’t call Corsicans French and don’t tell the Sardinians they’reContinue reading “Corse, of course!”
Our Provençal Year 