Showing 1-5 of 5 results
-
Queen to Play: A Tale of Chess in Corsica
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 9 November 2011
Wednesday Matinee Destination: Corsica Movie: Queen to Play by Jane Boursaw I knew right away I’d like Queen to Play, a French film set on the gorgeous island of Corsica. You geography buffs will know immediately where that is, but I had to look it up. Corsica is a mountainous piece of land in the [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library. We'll leave a light on for you.
-
Corsica's Mare a Mare Sud: Travels With Uncle Berny
Blog: AlpacaSuitcase - 16 May 2010
After visiting Uncle Berny’s ancestral home in Cap Corse (Corsica’s Cap Corse: Travels With Uncle Berny) we drove south along the eastern Corsican coast on our way to meet Berny’s friend Gael and his friends. Our plan was to meet Gael somewhere near the midpoint of Corsica’s Mare a Mare Sud (“southern sea to sea”) trek and hike with him for a few days.
-
Corsica's Cap Corse: Travels With Uncle Berny
Blog: AlpacaSuitcase - 13 May 2010
Standing in the chilly Puno, Peru train station twenty-three years ago, no two people could have been more dissimilar. Bernard was a swarthy, French communist who didn’t speak English and hated Americans and I was a blond-haired, blue-eyed American capitalist who spoke no French, nor had ever been to France. We both were up before sunrise to buy tickets for the Puno to Arequipa train, a line that no longer runs. Peru in the 1980’s was more dangerous than it is now; local Peruvians advised us to band together for safety while on the train.
-
My 3 Best Kept Travel Secrets
Blog: Suzy Guese - 24 February 2010
The travel chain letter has reached my virtual hands. In case you do not know about this project, Tripbase asked travel writers to reveal their three best-kept travel secrets. I was so graciously passed the torch by Top Backpacking Destinations to share with readers my 3 travel secrets. It seems like a great oxymoron to reveal [...]
-
Sardinia and Corsica part III – Bonifacio, Corsica
Blog: Sophie's World - 17 September 2009
Corsicans aren’t very friendly, I’d been warned. Not very welcoming. I ask Marco about this. «They say people don’t smile as much in Corsica,» he replies. «I don’t know. Some people smile. Some do not. Like everywhere else.» Then he continues, mischievously: «Of course, in Sardinia, people smile all the time. Even while robbing you. [...]
Showing 1-5 of 5 results
