This is the fifth and final installment of my posts detailing my Corsica & Provence trip this summer. A quick recap: we started in Bonifacio (Southern Corsica), then spent a few nights in the mountains of central Corsica, then three nights in Bastia (Northern...
This is the fourth installment of my posts detailing my Corsica & Provence trip this summer. As you recall from the first three installments, we started in Bonifacio (Southern Corsica), then spent a few nights in the mountains of central Corsica, then three nights...
This is the third installment of my posts detailing my Corsica & Provence trip this summer. Erbalunga, Cap Corse After our stay in Bonifacio and in the mountains of central Corsica, we took the long route from Casa di Lucia back to Bastia, through a number of...
This is the second installment of my posts detailing my Corsica & Provence trip this summer. The mountains of Corsica (view from our balcony at Casa di Lucia) In the second leg of our trip, after our stay in Bonifacio, we explored the mountains of central Corsica....
Last month, I promised a series of posts detailing my Corsica & Provence trip this summer. This is the first installment of these posts. While we visited Bonifacio for two nights as part of a two-week trip, you could easily choose to visit this southern Corsican...
At the end of August, I took a 2-week trip with my mom to Corsica and Provence/Côte d'Azur. Over the next few weeks, I'll share a series of posts detailing this trip. But for starters, you can view my photos from the trip here. Bonifacio, Corsica Here was our basic...
Last week, Girls Guide to Paris published my article on Top Five Weekend Getaways in France for Summer and Fall. Gordes, Luberon *** What are you top picks for weekend trips in 2012?
Six days before my 3Xth birthday, my trusted hiking buddy and I completed what may have been my greatest physical challenge yet (edging out the 2002 Boston Marathon only by the narrowest margin): the 90 or so mountainous kilometers of the southern GR 20 (long distance...
With less than six weeks to go before embarking on the second leg of our Corsica hike, I have posted the itinerary for part 1 of our hike under Longer Trip Itineraries. Corsica is a magical place, close to Paris and yet curiously exotic. For fervent hikers, the GR20...
