Clair and Tiffany's 2019 Adventures - #2 Corsica

Almost 20 years ago, during our first big cruise, we spent one bright afternoon in Ajaccio, Corsica. We visited the house where Napoleon was born and had coffee at a café. (So indignant was Clair  about the minuscule size of his cup, he vowed on the spot to master the term for "large coffee" = café allongé.  Which he did. Which actually means watered-down coffee in a large cup.)

Our Paris landlord and just about every other French person we know speak about Corsica with much reverence, but they warn that one needs a car to get around, and the rural roads can be treacherous.  That totally put me off until brother Clay, an excellent and willing driver, said he'd join us on our June jaunt to Sardinia and, sure, let's add Corsica.

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Clair and Tiffany's 2019 Adventures - #1 Sardinia

Although we don't have much of a travel wish list any more, we can certainly come up with a few ideas if, say, my brother Clay offers to meet up somewhere for a few weeks.  I plan, and he'll drive. That opens up destinations that otherwise we avoid because of our usual reliance on trains and buses.

We'd already booked a Danube river cruise for the end of June, and we'd be going to Paris afterwards. For months, I work on an itinerary where we can use accumulated frequent flier miles, take advantage of Clay's driving skills, stay within a reasonable budget, deal with a fair amount of luggage, have great weather every day, then get to Germany without much trouble to start our river cruise.

The winner: the Italian island of Sardinia.  French Corsica is just a ferry ride away, so we add that in too.

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