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Visit to Corsica: November 2008

The shoreline is easily accessible. I dipped my hands in here, while walking along the beach.
It's quite a hike to this stunning cathedral from the Marseille seafront - but the views are well worth it!
A pretty view, thousands of metres about sea level, taken from the chug-chug train.
Doug is happily enjoying the high-altitude scenery, thankful neither of us is driving! We are thousands of feet high here.
Corsica's trains are old and famous, now running on single track lines, soon to be replaced with more modern ones.
Just a little boulangerie/patisserie at the top of the citadel quartier of Corte.
A view from the citadel of Corte. Note the green and brown park benches on the lip of a huge precipice. I walked up the hills in the background of this shot.
Look at the approximate times for the hikes from here! These are serious mountain ranges and spectacular trails. Wish I had the time and hiking boots. This is my thing.
Even after my hour an a half walk, these guys were still hanging out in front of the shrine to the Virgin Mary, outside Corte.
Okay, everyone knows I``m a ``cat lady`` - there are at least 20 homeless kittens in the two blocks near our hotel. I fed them several times today; while wary, they could easily be tamed. Other people seem to feed them too.
A shortcut took us across this gorge from the train station to the town of Corte. Many steps and you are in the heart of the place.
During a two-hour bus-train ride through mountain ranges and scrubland, we savour sweeping views of the landscape heading to Corte (pronounced Cortay) in the haute Corsica region.
Houses are built right onto the rocks. These ones are low to the sea but others are perched high above it.
A pedestrian area in the village of Erbalunga, with restaurants and cafes, and boats tied up in front of the houses.
The entire waterfront of Bastia is full of cafes bathed in dappled shade and sun.
There was a snorkeller just offshore here. Looks easy to get in almost anywhere, and the water is so calm!
I don't know what this huge tree/shrub might be, but it looked artsy to me, waving its spindly arms over the Mediterranean.
A pretty impressive cactus growing wild by the seaside outside Bastia in the village of Erbalunga.
The overnight ferry from Marseille to Bastia in Corsica was smooth, comfortable and nearly empty. Like a mediterranean cruise.
At the Fish market in Marseille's old port
A view from the free water taxi in Marseille. It runs all day and saves you about a kilometer of walking around the gorgeous seafront.
The coastline of Ajaccio in Corsica. People were still swimming here from this beach in late October.
A new recipe for Brenda at Elephant's Eye in Halifax? Tasty larks without heads in sauce!
This is just one little corner of Ajaccio, a lively city on the west coast of Corsica. Once you round this bend, you'll be greeted by two or three huge cruisehips and hundreds of restaurants and cafes lining the waterfront.
Doug took this shot on our way back from lunch, just inside the town but set apart a little.
View from a terrace in the centre of Corte
Looking into the town centre of Corte, with the sun shining on a small portion of this region.
Lively and ready for tons of tourists - although it's low season - second week of November - and more enjoyable just now.
This street is reminescent of Italy and Malta, with the narrow alleyways and hanging laundry. The hot sun barely reaches some of these areas.

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