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Our time in Corsica had come to an end, and it was time for us to make the trip to Sardinia. As you can read in the previous blog, our plans had changed a little because the weekly ferry from Porto-Vecchio to Porto Torres had been cancelled. So, the only option was to book the…
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Our last city visit in Corsica was to Porto-Vecchio (Portivechju in Corsu) proper, just a short drive from our campsite. We had already seen most of the outskirts of Porto-Vecchio (the Burger King, the Auchan, the Decathlon etc.) but this time we wanted to go the Centre Ville. The name means Old Port and is…
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Inmiddels zijn we bijna 5 weken op pad en staan op het punt om in te pakken om naar Sardinië te gaan. Een hoop ervaringen en wijsheden verder. Corsica is wel een schitterend eiland. Heel mooie natuur, leuke steden en dorpen en fraaie vergezichten. Aar dat kun je allemaal lezen in de andere blogs. Na…
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If Corsica is known as the Island of Beauty, then among all the other beautiful things we have seen, Bonifacio must be one of the reasons behind the name. Kris and I agree that Bonifacio is probably the most beautiful city/town we have seen in our time in Corsica. It is about a 38 km…
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After spending 10 nights at La Sagone, it was time for us to be on the move again. While La Sagone was a wonderfully quiet campsite (after the madness of people coming and going in Biguglia), there was just too little shade. Our last couple of days there were mostly spent moving our table and…
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We have now been on Corsica for nearly three weeks, and one of the early observations I had was that despite being part of France, there were nearly no French flags to be seen (only at official, governmental or municipal buildings). For the most part it is always the Corsican flag, known as “a bandera…
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Today we took a relatively short drive north of Sagone to see the Calanques de Piana in Piana, which lies roughly halfway between Ajaccio and Calvi on the Gulf of Porto. These jagged cliffs, made of red ochre, are a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a recurring item on the must-see lists. After driving along…
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Since Kris ordered the fiadone for dessert in Corte, I have noticed it on more and more menus and in bakeries and patisseries. So, I did some research and the fiadone (which is pronounced fee-a-don) is deeply rooted in Corsican culture and history. It might have originated from the Italian fiadoni flans from the 16th…
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Today we travelled 38 km south to Ajaccio (Aiacciu/Aghjacciu in Corsican), the capital and largest city of Corsica. The inhabitants of Ajaccio are referred to as “Ajacciens” for males and “Ajacciennes” for females in French. And the most famous of “Ajacciens” is Napoleon Bonepart, who was born in Ajaccio in 1769. Among many other things,…
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After having spent 12 nights at Camping San Damiano, it was time to move on. We left Bigulia at about 11:15 to take a cross-country trip of 170 km to our next campsite, La Sagone, somewhere between Sagone and Vico. We had already driven the first part of the route to Corte, but after that,…