Ajaccio and Journey to Menorca
Dearloves
Tue 6 Sep 2005 10:45
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Our last stop in Corsica was to visit the capital,
Ajaccio. We moored in the marina in the Old Town. It is a real mix
of old and new, with a hundred statues to Napoleon, who was born there but left
when he was nine and apparently was ashamed of his "home" town. The market
was a great place to provision for our journey to Menorca (230 miles - 2
days at sea).
 Ajaccio from the sea
 Ajaccio Fishing Boats
 Napoleon's House
 Tourist Train - A & P loved
this!
 Market - Fruit Stall
 Market - Spices
 Pip's Tooth has come
out!
 Family on way to night out in
Ajaccio
After leaving Ajaccio we headed for Menorca.
We were at sea for around 54 hours and thoroughly enjoyed the trip. Just
after dawn on the first morning J (asleap, having done the "dog" watch) was
hastily summoned to see a pod of around 6 whales only 100 yards from the
boat. The picture is not very good (too sleepy!) but shows how they were
silently gliding away in the early morning.
 Whales
Later in the day we had a further treat - when we
were around 30 miles away from Menorca four dolphins came to swim at the bow for
10 minutes or so. It was really magical. The pictures show their
white undersides as they were turning over to look at us.
    This way!
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