Category: Culture

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…

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…