Category: The Route

Yesterday (Saturday, June 14), we went to Bastia. This is Corsica’s chief port which, unless I missed something, is not very big (see photos later). Bastia is the second-largest city of Corsica and the economic center of the island. We found a parking spot at about 9:30 and then made our way into the town.…

Coming off the ferry, we dove right into what must be the morning rush hour for our drive to Camping San Damiano, about 10 km south of Bastia. Other than the camping sites we booked on our way down, this is the only other reservation we made ahead of time. A stay of 12 days…

Any notion I had of a “romantic” ferry ride from Toulon to Bastia was completely shattered with our recent experience. Being complete novices at this (other than one ferry to Texel), we made a couple of very tactical errors. First, some context – the ferry to Bastia was scheduled to leave at 19:00. The gates…

It was October last year when we were last in Bédoin. Kris has been coming here since 1999, and I’ve racked up a couple of visits since 2010. It always feels like coming home, but this time it’s just slightly different because we are not renting a house but have our house with us. I’ve…

After months of talking about it, planning and getting everything ready, we finally actually left home on Wednesday, June 3rd. KNLonTour is officially on the road!! I’m writing this from Camping Le Pastory in Bédoin, at the foot of the Mont Ventoux in the Provence. We got here with three stops, travelling about 350 km…