Tag Archives: Corsica
Bonifascinating!
Azure and I agreed that Bonifacio is one of the most spectacular cities we’ve visited – it’s built on a cliff that’s surrounded by water on 3.5 sides and it’s pretty much waiting to fall into the water, as you … Continue reading
Favorites from the brocciu making
Philippe Dominique Azure Cheeses
Magic in the Maquis
by Mike Philippe’s grandfather was found dead in the Maquis with his back against a tree and his rifle across his lap. Philippe sat in the position to show us as he retold the story, holding his arms to his … Continue reading
Brocciu
by Azure (The one who loves Brocciu) Let’s start here… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBiUt7dtfGw&hl=en&fs=1] This story actually starts a long time ago on our fourth day on Corsica. We would go to the little market next to the Convent when we were staying … Continue reading
Pino is a beautiful town on the sea
by Mike In the town of Pino we came across an abandoned church monastery thing. Azure found a door whose lock was unlocked and she pulled hard and it opened and inside was an old iron cross.
Gun love, the story of a Corsican man
by Mike Philippe said, “This is a dream, realized.” He was referring to his life. There were five things: “Hunting, guns, motorcycles, cheese, goats.” That was his dream, and he achieved it without the help of The Secret. I asked … Continue reading
Old cars in Orche, Corsica
by Mike In a random little town on Cap Corse there was a random little street whose trees had blue & white Christmas lights. Under the trees were a few old cars and every night we drove by we thought, … Continue reading
A hike in the Maquis
Today’s Route by Mike I saw on the map that there are some dolmens around here. Dolmens are ancient rocks carved or constructed or something. When I asked the guy at our hotel about them he said that the site … Continue reading
Pictures of Azure
by Mike We had a portrait day, so we’re going to each post some of our favorite pictures of the other person. I think it’s easy to find pictures of Azure because she’s often doing something like this: But it’s … Continue reading
Photos of Mike
by Azure I know it seems like we didn’t do a lot today, but we did. We drove all the way from our gite in Ota up to the north coast. We stopped in Calvi for lunch and found a … Continue reading
Just a little taste
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She commands the sea
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTnwYI2ltxg&hl=en&fs=1] Porto, Corsica
It's so Beautiful!
by Azure We had intended to spend Wednesday night in a town called Cargese. Mike had picked it out on a map for it’s proximity to the sea and we headed there as soon as we could leave Ajaccio. We … Continue reading
Are we in Alaska?
Hand made nets in Ajaccio
by Mike This guy makes fishing nets by hand. He’s done it for 60 years right on that spot, he said. He sometimes does up to 150 per year, but sometimes as little as 50.
All caught up. All gassed up.
by Azure We are finally caught up with the blog. When we were on the olive farm, we were without internet the whole time and it was an hour drive into the city to post. We worked until 5pm most … Continue reading
A Hawk's Day
by Azure Before we met with Claude for the first time in Nice, Mike turned to me and promised that he would be on his best behavior, but he couldn’t speak for the hawk. He was the only farmer in … Continue reading
How to get over a really bad day.
Nique le Budget! by Azure We went to bed hoping to go north in the morning. When I woke up it was still raining, so I didn’t even bother waking Mike up. It is a long ride to the north … Continue reading