Today we were up and off to the beach not far from our hotel.
Lovely white sand and a really nice place to spend some time.
After a swim a little petit dejeuner - cafe, baguette and orange juice. I'll have to get my fruit intake later!
Then it was off to the Citadel and with an audio guide we found out about Nelson losing his eye, Christopher Colombus being born and then dying in Calvi (after he discovered America), and other stories about how the French won everything they ever went in!
Then it was down the road 22km to Algajola where our friend has an apartment. Its a gorgeous little beachside village. Not pretentious, just quiet and charming and would be a great place for a holiday. Almost wish we were staying here with Inky (aka Ian) and Ali so its a pity he couldn't come from London and host us. The wind had whipped up a little so no swim - we just had to move on to a lovely lunch at one of the beachside cafes. When in France have a salad Nicoise and or Moules - mussels which we did with a fresh Rose.
Of course Steve had to check out the life saving arrangements at the beach - and I think the lifesavers (the Sappeurs Pompiers) thought it was a spot inspection by the French lifesaving movement!
There were lots of camping areas to stay and a great set of cabins just on the beach which kind of looked like "Binna Burra by the sea"
We continued into the next village where are staying for 2 nights and are right on the water and it sounds just like Caloundra. We roamed the shops before checking in and Steve once again "won" the shopping. He bought two shirts and a pair of shorts. I managed just one cotton dress.
Now is afternoon siesta time and catch up with the blog and emails before we walk along the promenade into the Ville for dinner.
This is the life!
Lovely white sand and a really nice place to spend some time.
After a swim a little petit dejeuner - cafe, baguette and orange juice. I'll have to get my fruit intake later!
Then it was off to the Citadel and with an audio guide we found out about Nelson losing his eye, Christopher Colombus being born and then dying in Calvi (after he discovered America), and other stories about how the French won everything they ever went in!
Then it was down the road 22km to Algajola where our friend has an apartment. Its a gorgeous little beachside village. Not pretentious, just quiet and charming and would be a great place for a holiday. Almost wish we were staying here with Inky (aka Ian) and Ali so its a pity he couldn't come from London and host us. The wind had whipped up a little so no swim - we just had to move on to a lovely lunch at one of the beachside cafes. When in France have a salad Nicoise and or Moules - mussels which we did with a fresh Rose.
Of course Steve had to check out the life saving arrangements at the beach - and I think the lifesavers (the Sappeurs Pompiers) thought it was a spot inspection by the French lifesaving movement!
There were lots of camping areas to stay and a great set of cabins just on the beach which kind of looked like "Binna Burra by the sea"
We continued into the next village where are staying for 2 nights and are right on the water and it sounds just like Caloundra. We roamed the shops before checking in and Steve once again "won" the shopping. He bought two shirts and a pair of shorts. I managed just one cotton dress.
Now is afternoon siesta time and catch up with the blog and emails before we walk along the promenade into the Ville for dinner.
This is the life!
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