West Coast of Corsica
Bondi Tram
Peter Colquhoun and Sandra Colquhoun
Sun 22 Aug 2010 15:01
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We had enjoyed our time on the east coast of Corsica and so now decided
to cruise down the west coast.
Entering the bay at Calvi. The citadel is now the home of the French
Foreign Legion.
Corsica is one of the most beautiful islands we have been to.
 Church and restaurant in the centre of Calvi
 The town square in Ile Rousse, a popular spot for evening games of petanque
(boules).
 We spent a few days in the little port of St. Florent on the north west
corner of Corsica.
 What remains of the citadel after a bombardment from the British Navy
during the Napoleonic Wars.
 Looking across the anchorage to St. Florent with rain clouds. We had
35+ knots of wind in the anchorage,
and nearly got clobbered by a boat (with no one on board) dragging its
anchor. It bounced off two other
boats and nearly ended up on the beach before the owners got back from
town.
 These cliffs are in the National Park, which was the first one
proclaimed in France.
  Entering the anchorage at Girolata, between Calvi and Ajaccio.
 Crossing tacks with Threshold and our friends Steve and Karen on our way
south to Ajaccio.
 Ajaccio is the birthplace of Napoleon, and he made it the capital of
Corsica when he was Emperor.
Consequently, it is now the largest and busiest town, with plenty of high
rise buildings.
 Downtown Ajaccio outside the tourist information office. Lots of
cruise ships come here, and its a major
ferry port.
 Napoleon's birth place, now a museum.
 A statue of Napoleon on horseback in the toga of a Roman consul, flanked by
his four brothers.
 We took to the train for a 2 hour trip to the centre of the island and the
town of Corte. Corte was briefly
the capital of an independent Corsica.
 Entrance to the citadel at Corte, now a museum and display of Corsican
life in earlier times.
  Quaint houses and streets in the old quarter of Corte.
 The facade of this building was pitted with bullets. We had lunch
at
the restaurant on the right.
 Lunch with Steve and Karen.
  The Eagles Nest at the top of the citadel...166 steps to get up.
 and a good view of the town below
 A stature of the Duke of Padua. The interesting thing about this is
the sculptor also did the Statue of
Liberty!
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