Spunta Di Mare Ajaccio

... 1096;ой chambres d'hote – туда я и напра 74;ился. Любез 85;ые хозяе 74;а сразу предл 86;жили самую больш 91;ю из с ...

Next few days spent out and about in Ajaccio, home of Napoleon and Hello Kitty fanatics... even saw the Hello Kitty car. Population around 60,000 and the largest city in Corsica.

Pretty mellow place, dogs galore including some old lady with her asthmatic pug called Oscar being dominated by one of the many ...

... that cruised past, you could see them coming from miles away!! Harnesses were worn too just in case you decided to go for an unplanned night time swim.

Made it to land about 5.30pm on the 18th, dammit no swimming (well maybe a quick jump in) as there were jellies of a different conventional kind.

Temperature has been a mild 36 degrees...

... a shop where you could buy some product. We didn't because Ontario wine was better than this stuff. The third stop was a confectionary where they hand made nougat treats. The owner was very entertaining as he described how the bars were made. Then he demonstrated making their new Secrets of Bonaparte candy, which was nougat mixed with chocolate and pressed into molds in the shape of Napoleon's hat. I'm not making that up. At ...

... 50, where our B&B, Chatelet de Campo sat on a hill overlooking a valley. The area really reminds me of Malibu by Beth and Michael's house. We met Elizabeth, the owner, who is extremely nice, informative and talkative. She made us a reservation at a nearby restaurant where Ross had seafood pizza and I had salmon pasta with Rose wine. The next day, we had a great breakfast made by Elizabeth with orange juice, coffee, yogurt, fruit, homemade bread and a special Corsican cake ...

AJACCIO IS GORGEOUS!! The cliffs along the shoreline with the mountains in the background, the buildings, everything- GORGEOUS! Shame I had some inductions to go to and was kept quite busy so I wasn't able to take any pictures or get off the boat, but that will change next time. One word for this port- stunning!

... Secretly I didn't hold so much hope for them as they failed to finish the cirque de solitude stage 2 days prior, forcing themselves to biovac the night! We all left togther at 08:30. Within 30 minutes of following a stream up the mountain, we lost his wife, she decided it was not for her. I think that was some weight off our shoulders as she could not keep pace. She never even got to see the worst bit (or what felt like ...

... a little after midday to an empty refuge I found some free food supplies of salsa tuna and a tin of sweetcorn. Lunch was a filling mustard mackeral mash with sweetcorn and Corsician thyme. This knocked me out as I then slept for a few hours. Waking up I met a friendly couple from Quebec. Chatted to them for a few hours while cooking up a pasta feast and then crashing early.

... final destination for the day. Saved me walking the last 5kms. The towns, bays and cliff faces got increasing more dramatic and stunning the further north we reached. Eventually the coach wound it's way through Piana streets and then onto the even tighter cliff edge roads. A big drop down into the lush water. A refurbished Genoese Tower stood prowd at the end of Porta beach. Here we changed to a minibus for my ...

... the back watching those young girls. It was kind of creepy. He was doing the same thing every time we went in there. Ryan and I we saying he probably making kiddy porn in the back room with those kids. So they could pay off their fees for Internet usage, etc. Their was another creepy dude we saw all the time. He looked like Scotty J from Boogie Nights. We said that Scotty J was probably the camera man. Finally 3:30 came around and the "SuperMarche" opened up. That store closes every ...