31st May to 1st June - Ajaccio to Girolata (the stress of a sailing holiday)
Bali Hai
Neal Stow
Mon 1 Jun 2009 22:59
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It was a public holiday in Ajaccio on the Sunday
and Monday and the town had a local festival on the waterfront serving lots of
local produce. It seems that most Corsican fare involves some combination
of local cheese, figs and wild boar. On the first night we ate in a
restaurant called Le 20123 which is an institution in Ajaccio serving excellent
country cooking - an absolute must if you visit the town.
The old town of Ajaccio is quaint but very
small. Emma and I walked around the town in approximately 15 minutes,
including a stop for drinks. If it had not been a Sunday then we may have
taken longer but all the shops were shut. However, the town's one claim to
fame is that it is Napoleon's birthplace and his house has become a small
museum.
Pete (readers of this periodical may remember
him as "Big Pete") and Tina arrived on the Sunday and on Monday morning we
headed up the coast to Girolata. Having missed Calvi earlier, the plan was
now to go North and visit Calvi for a couple of days before heading south
to Bonafacio at then end of the week.
Girolata is a beautiful bay which is only
accessible by boat. We anchored for the
night and Pete, Dave and Tina prepared an excellent barbeque dinner while
Emma and I looked on sipping some local Corsican wine - it is a hard
life!
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