A Holiday Day on Corsica

We knew little about the island of Corsica when we landed other than is was our first French stop. Despite this, we opted not to book a cruise tour, or to venture out from the township of our port, Calvi. I am sure there were some picture perfect little villages out there, but after a full on day yesterday, a wee meander was all that was on order for us today. It turned out to be a great choice, as Calvi was just what the doctor ordered; picturesque, relaxed and not overrun by tourists.

The first thing we did when we got off the tender boat, was to wind our way up what looked like a sizeable hill, but proved to be an easily managed walk, to the top of the old citadel. This allowed for panoramic views, with shots of our ship looking lovely in the background of some. 

Following that, our day consisted of walking the streets, stopping for coffee/beer/lunch/wifi and shopping, and not much else. They day evaporated happily and we made our way back to the boat about 3:30, for a 4:30 sail away.

I read and relaxed until dinner, and we have retired early, excited to be visiting Monaco tomorrow. This another place I have great memories of from 1997, and I can't wait to go back. We sat at dinner with an Aussie couple who were there recently, so have some ideas about what we want to do.This may or may not include getting out to a Nice and/or Cannes, it will depend on time management seeing as we are not doing an organised tour tomorrow either. 

The countdown to leaving for home is now on too, as well as organising our last couple of stops in Marseilles and Barcelona. We are disappointed to have missed out in getting a place in the Gaudi museum tour, so are busy exploring options to do this ourselves. We also have one more at sea day on Friday, and this will need to be used for packing most likely! I think it is fortunate that Mum bought an extra suitcase back in Greece lol. She work,d probably disagree, but I think she's outdone me two to one on the shopping front 👡 👗 👜