Hostellerie San Francescu Bastia

... in the washing machine
- co-ed toilets and showers
- shops closing between 12:30 and 2:30
- no shame in ‘evacuating’ in public
- ‘Bell Ringer’ is a legitimate profession
- Beer served at McDonald's
- writing cheques for minuscule amounts at the grocery store

Some funny little things, but I really enjoyed my time here. I found the people very warm and easy to get along ...

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Day 185. Hitched for the first time on this tour 16/10/08 Setting of from Hut Asco I commenced the 40 km walk to Ponte Lecca to the sound of U2. It was a remote road descending gradually through forests with cows frequenting the tarmac more than cars ...

... Could there be any better motivation. I knocked of the rest of the cirque completing it in 1 hour, less than half the time suggested. It was only 11:00! Down Bocca Tumasginesca on the North Eastern side was loose rocks that required traversing down. Then it was a fast pace down a slight decline towards to forested area. After an hour, midday exactly, I emereged at the Refuge and Gîte (1422m). With plently of time up my sleeve before returning I sat down with a coffee, icecream ...

... entr¨¦e Wolfgang and I shared the safest looking mushroom of the day. Claudia & Wolfgang shared their soup and risotto for dinner. But after the Canadian girls went to bed things went wrong. The main room filled with smoke. I thought Sebastian had put a wet log on the fire so I retreated to the bedroom for an early night while the Germans sorted out the problem. They didn't. Their solution was to leave the doors open all night, freezing the shelter and us within.

... albiet smokey), washed their clothes and dispersed their 100 plastic sealable bags around the place. Later on we were joined by a German couple (Claudia & Wolfgang) who Sebastian had walked some northern stages with. Evening, company and sunset were lovely. With every where appearing closed, my food supply diminishing I slept with the target of collecting mushrooms the following day.

... and spoke to me on how I should handle the northern stages. They told me to expect nothing on the route accept shelter as all refuges were shut for food. That was my idea of shopping for supplies and eating breakfast/dinner en route out the window. It was clear I needed to rethink plans due to lack of supplies on me and available on the way. In the end I decided to join Sebastian, a German guy on the Southern section of the ...

... so many waterfalls and cascades here; every turn we took brought us in view of spilling water - some from towering heights while others only trickles whose mist was carried away by the wind. After this gradual but steady ascent along the gravel road we clambered up switchbacks to finally reach a big lake and a hut. It was seven hours in, four hours out and we squeezed the last bits of sunlight out before making it back to the van. It was at this point that we decided to impose a four ...

... The owner bought us a digestif as the owner the night before had also done...the one Thursday was actually drinkable but still really strong. We got the night train back to Calvi and turned in early. Friday we got the morning train back to Bastia and were treated to another three hour tour of the amazing landscapes of Corsica and the quirky personalities of the train and its conductors. We went walking around Bastia in the afternoon, which is bigger than Calvi ...