Hotel Madame Mere Saint Florent

... 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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A bientot, Corse!

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... 1089;я. Матер 80;ковая франц 91;зская кухня одноз 85;ачно круче – тепер 00; уже понят 85;о, что это ...

... No buses on this route. After an 1.5 hrs without giving an indication for a hitch a driver stopped, the 3rd car to pass me in this time. So I got my ride to the town where I could catch public transport to Bastia and a ferry ticket to mainland France.

... a little slow in the morning as I decided to wash my clothes leaving them out to dry while away. So I did not leave till 09:00. Departing Refuge de Tighjettu (1640m) was a steep accent up Ravin de Strancciacone. Mainly large rocks, hard work in the morning sun and I even went bare chested for the first time on the GR20. It took 1hr to reach Bocca Minuta (2218m), the second highest point on the GR20. From Bocca Minuta to Bocca Tumasginesca is the cirque (a steep sided basin ...

... than mine, 15km/h. But for me, it was great to see familiar faces and get the support honks and waves. -I go into a roadside restaurant to fill up my water bottles, I come out to find the men of the French motorbiker group huddled around my bike, taking turns lifting it and looking at eachother in amazement. -A car pulls over ahead of me on the side of the road, the wife gets out to take a picture of me as I pass by. Made ...

... Corse', an assortment of Corsican meats, as a starter. Main course is a stew of wild Corsican porc. Very tender and perfectly cooked. Dessert is a pudding with chestnut powder, a delicious local specialty and finally some Corsican cheeses. The dinner cost 22 euro per person and was money well spent. Visit the website of the bed and ...

... pie. Yummie!! After our copious lunch, we go to the tourist office where we receive a list of all the possible lodgings in the area. We contact a few hotels and bead and breakfasts and after visiting some of them, we decide to go to a bead and breakfast we had found on the internet prior to our departure. The price of 88 euros for a double room was a little more expensive than what we had seen ...

... t that good. Either I was tired, or else I was thinking longingly about being somewhere where there was more than fish to talk to. A hermitīs life isnīt as great as the movies make it out to be. Some desires, perhaps, itīs best to feed. So, I decided Iīd go to a community somewhere (ideally a non-touristy one) and be with people. Once I was there, with my free time and in a quiet place, the meditating would probably be good. - peace, Modern O.

On the day after I arrived in Corsica, I had my best meditation yet. Iīd finished a writing task, and so my mind was unencumbered. The air was dark and silent, and I sat on a wild, grassy lawn facing St. Florentīs bay. I slowly ceased thinking. Lights from St. Florentīs village, far across the bay, cast a mystical illumination on the trunks of slender trees ...