Blogs from Corsica, France, Europe - page 6

7. Travel Blog - Friday 4th July to Friday 11thJuly 2014 Friday 4th July 2014. Up early and find our way to Nice and ferry port without any worries. Toll from Aubignan to Nice €35.10. We were loaded last onto ferry and had to back on as we were going to be the first to disembark. However, when it got close to Bastia port, they announced that people to go to their vehicles. About 10 minutes after that, then announced Deck c should go first (that’s us) – the audio system was not very good on the ferry. Too late. That did not happen. We could not get through the mob of people queued up to get down the steps to the vehicle decks. Eventually get around the mob and Tom gets to van first but ... read more

Geo: 41.3874, 9.15939 GÜN 11 GÜNLERDEN PAZAR: Az daha gidince, Bonifacio'ya vardık.. Önce şehirde bir tur atalım sonra kampımıza gideriz dedik … Bonifacio, Korsika adasının en güneyinde, Sardinia'ya karşı, korunaklı bir liman kentidir .. Guy de Maupassant'ın, Vendetta hikayesinin oluştuğu yer... Sanıyoruz ki doğal limanı, Tiran denizinin azgınlıklarına karşı çok korunaklı olduğundan, ilk yerleşimin prehistorik döneme kadar dayandığı ifade edilir. Örneğin, burada bulunan bir kadın kalıntısına yapılan karbon testinde MÖ 6570 yılına kadar gidilmektedir .. Tarihini, kısaca Romalılar ve Toscanalılar dönemi diye ayırmak mümkün .. Körfezin tam girişindeki gösterişli kale Toscanalılar döneminden .. Tabi arada bir devreye giren arap istilacıları saymıyoruz .. Bu arada bir açıklama yapmakta yarar var: .Romalılar ve Toscana'lılar ... read more

Geo: 42.7021, 9.45075 GÜN 10 GÜNLERDEN CUMARTESİ: Bu şekilde çok keyifli bir yolun sonunda denize,Livorno'ya vardık Biletimizi internetten almıştık ..belgesini almak üzere işletmeye girdik. Hemen temin ettiler bizde sıramıza girdik .. Sıra çok büyük ve çok kalabalık … Özellikle motorcu tayfası, çok renkli görüntüler veriyor .. Deri ceketler.bandanalar,kabaralı ve püsküllü çantalar..Saçları yele gibi sarışın geçkin kadınlar ...Adeta, "Born to be wild" yeniden çekiliyor.. Geminin discosunda yer bulup oturabildik. Saat 18:00 gibi Bastia'ya vardık.. Gemide park ettiğimiz yer itibariyle, bizim çıkışımıza öncelik verdiler .. Bastia, Fransa'nın Akdeniz'deki adası olan Corsica da yer alan önemli bir liman Kentidir. Corsica adasının kuzey doğusunda yer alan Bastia şehrini... read more

Geo: 41.9186, 8.73688I am unpacking again. I have just spend one week in Corsica, this French island in the Mediterranean sea that we call the 'beauty island'. I went with Fan, my childhood friend. I wonder why we chose to go to an island as we are both sea sick but we did. On the way there the sea was very calm, however the way back was no fun. The sea was bad, they even almost cancelled the ferry and gave us plenty of puck-in bags. I used few of them but survived the crossing. In the end I still think it was worth it, we had lots of fun and there was not too many tourist.In Corsica there is something for everyone, from the beach with golden sand to mountain trails. Here is my list ... read more

Geo: 41.9266, 8.73529Sunday, June 30, 2013After grabbing a coffee and pain au chocolat at a hip little boulangerie, it was back on the road. The roads out of Propriano were a touch less twisty, but not by much. We made it into Ajaccio by about 10:30 to find a vantage point from which to watch the finish of stage 2, and again managed to find a parking spot across the street from the tourism office, and got the scoop. In fact, the finish line wasn't in town at all, but further out, at a tower near the sea. Since we needed to be at the airport pretty soon after the peloton passed through, we took the advice of the tourism office woman and decided to watch from the beginning of the Cat 3 climb, through town.But ... read more