We left our apartment in Saint Florent and headed west to Calvi to visit the citadel - more impressive from the outside than inside, but a great view.
Went down, very steeply, to the small beach below where we sat in the sun.
Then a very long (and wiggly, of course) drive south along the coast to near Porto where we turned inland past Ota to see the gorges of the Lunca and Spelunca rivers - lovely colours in the granite.
It was 17 degrees down there but we climbed up through wonderful mountain scenery with snow on the tops
passing Evisa (another village perched on the mountainside)
at 800 metres and topping out at 1100 metres and only 4 degrees! We were quite relieved to reach our next apartment at Cargèse, back at sea level.
A quiet day visiting Piana, quite a pretty old town,
(Chris cycled) which had amazing views over both the coast and the mountains. The calanques ( the cliffs reefs) are UNESCO heritage - beautiful colours.
Went down, very steeply, to the small beach below where we sat in the sun.
Back to Cargèse to visit the churches, one Catholic, one Greek facing each other, which had been recently painted with huge murals inside.
Wednesday to Ajaccio, lots of traffic so did the park and ride. Lots of places still closed or getting ready for the season but we went to the citadel, then lunch, then Napoleon's house - very interesting. A load of history that we don't know! No photos today. Heading south tomorrow.
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