today we stopped at a mall... a mall yes, Shay blood sugar was low on mcFood and we found a mall in Olbia, a fairly major city. he went to Zara and Mc place and i had some ice cream and a crepe we spent an hour or so there and avoided the authentic sardinian old western steak house. today we had a surprise, places are open. we drove by a few towns, and there is some life here. from there we headed to Palau where many celebrities have villas, but now familiar face in sight. after nearly falling off the pier , we boarded a ferry to isola madeline in the archipelago. this village is an old army post. has a very nice city hall, church and colorful building, we didn't spend here long but we all liked the place and had very good ice cream. we took the ferry back, enjoyed archipelego views of islands and clear blue waters in a nice warm day and then looked at our afternoon ferry to corsica and noticed a "last port check in 90 minutes prior" on the ticket. it was 3:20, the ferry is at 5, we still have to go to the mainland , then drive for 30 minutes +... the math does not work we are late.
the nerves begin,,,
as soon as we leave the ferry from the archipelago, i drive as fast as possible on these curvy roads a police car passes on the other side and nothing happens..sigh of course there are road works on the way where tractors use big devices to shave off the trees on the side of the road, and busses, trucks and slow drivers, we get there at 4:10 and find that the note was wrong, 30 minutes prior is fine... we breath and board the ferry to Corsica. now you can see Sardinia and its archipelago in its northern part but corsica is also near by and clearly visible. the voyage is peaceful and on arrival it is striking. old town benefacio and its medieval walls are on the lime stone high cliffs dominating the area, and the harbor is goes behind it, creating a kind of peninsula. it is very impressive to watch. the building on the cliffs edges seems as they could fall in any moment as huge chunks are at the bottom. we all loved this city on 1st sight. we checked in to a nice best western, recently renovated and headed out for some corsican food. to our not so surprise it was closed... we has a choice of tapas or burgers and tapas it was. definitely exploratory food for me. i sampled cream of artichokes on toast, 1st time for me, it was not bad, tasted like garlic. then some freak soup in a misshaped bear glass , with strange greens i don't want to know what it was. it was nourishing for me and very good for tourguide. i had also linguini langoustine which was good,we tried deserts, i took a safe creme brulle. it came in small bizarre cups. i tried it and disliked it. turns out the cups are passion fruit, which i don't like and inside there were figs, which i really dislike. i thought they put beer inside, which you know i dislike, i didn't like the other deserts the others ordered, things with creme and clementine or nutella. the owner gave us free double shot of limoncello, i took mine and shay's shot and felt it right away, strong stuff. now they both went to the hotel and i took a solo tour up to the old city. the steep path climbs upwards and enters the impressive walls, which were lit in blue soft light. the old town is nice, with narrow passages, it feels similar to old jerusalem at night but scarier. i was almost alone passing many dark stair ways and allies, felt unsafe, though i was told it was safe. I spent 30 minutes or so walking the square and then returned to the hotel.
now it is night time... tomorrow corsica awaits
cheers from Corsica country # 64
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