AJACCIO, CORSICA

To me, Corsica would be a beach stop. A dip in the sea and some decent sand. 

So a skyblue sky THIS skyblue was just perfect.

The daily exercise was a stroll around the market which sold "meat" which was more white than brown (eek) and then a stomp along the prom round to the palm trees...

...and back again, studying the astroturf and local school security on the way round.

Nelson shone on his column.

I temporarily lost the Husb but knew exactly where to find him, we were in "France" remember, they make a good pain au raisin as we well know. Turn my back for 2 minutes and he's darted into the boulangerie.

It was the best pain au raisin EVER. :)

What followed next was quite hooty but my Husb likes excitement so why go to the bit of sand next to the cruise ship and get maximum rays when you can sit on a bus in the sun and go to a different beach..

but the lady in 

Tourist Information looked horrified that we were considering going to Tahiti Beach which was right by the airport and WHAT DO YOU WANT TO GO THERE FOR so we took the Number 5 bus for 1 Euro each to Palm Beach on her recommendation which consisted of travelling about half a mile in half an hour in the most RIDICULOUS traffic jam EVER so we got off and yes you've guessed it walked all the way back to the bit of sand next to the cruise ship just like all the other passengers of Ventura judging by the amount of P+O towels on the sand and the noticeable LACK of locals AND IT WAS FANTASTIC!

FANTASTIC!

PROPER FRENCH SAND! BLISS!

And a warm sea!! Yippee!

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We managed to avoid the Great British Sailaway that evening (sorry Rich) as we had a perfect spot on deck in the sun (we've been to plenty of sailaways to be fair.)

Flying home over the ALPS was spectacular but we still don't like flying.

It was a great week. 

2 culture days, Venice and Rome.

2 beachy days, Corfu and Corsica.

1 climb-a-mountain day, Montenegro.

Great ship, good food, superb entertainment and  a constant supply of laughs with this Husb. 

The ginger biscuits were delicious too.