A week in Corsica!

Hello again everyone! 

Since the last blog we have left Italy (for the meantime) and have been travelling around Corsica. A 4 hour boat trip from Livorno in Italy and we had arrived at midnight during a raging storm at Bastia, on the east coast of Corsica. 

Corsica is an island belonging to France. 180km north to south and 90km east to west. 

There are over 60 peaks over 2000m here! A hiker's and biker's paradise.

The above photo is very misleading. We have had horrendously cold weather! Anyone in Europe is probably experiencing the same. The French campsite owner this morning had only one word for it "Catastrophic!". He has never seen such weather at this time of year. It was 9 degrees this morning! The kids were however excited to see sleet :/

First day in Corsica and we met up with our friend Karen, a fellow cycler and Zambucca lover from Sydney ;)

One happy customer with his 'glace' at Calvi, chique coastal town on the west coast with the big boats and the high rollers.

baguettes and cheese road side

 WILDFLOWERS ...

Les Calanches: spectacular UNESCO protected site.

 narrow windy roads. Tourists straying from buses made the passage even more difficult.

Plage D'Arone. Rays of sun, yay!!

education corner :)

wild pigs, a local delicacy apparently.

ARRIVAL at Montu Cinto camping yesterday :)

DEPARTURE at Montu Cinto camping this morning:(1200m altitude, 9 degrees celcius, visibility zero and sleet! Wasn't so crazy afterall packing the beanies :)

A frequent sight: Fynn flashing past on 2 wheels.