Leaving Calvi was fast and nobody could have
prepared me for what was coming on that day. Turns, turns and more turns, but
guess what no dizziness! I do not know what happened but my body adjusted and I
enjoyed the incredible views. The water had such blue color in some places,
this baby blue, insane color; my first thought was that those are like private
beaches for the Gods.
We quickly stopped next to a small restaurant
on the road and had some coffee and a freshly baked raspberry muffins, it was
so delicious that I wanted to eat the whole tray! Our next bigger stop, which to
stop to eat lunch, was in Porto. I instantly fell in love with this place. It
is in the mountains but also you have this wonderful beach. I ate the tastiest
salad I ever had, followed by a dessert, which I would gladly have every day
for the rest of my life and guess what – all from Carrefour! After an hour of rest,
we were back on the bikes and the beautiful views.
At the end of the riding day, it started to
rain. It was not heavy, there was a rainbow and I absolutely enjoyed it until an
accident happened.
We were near Bonifaccio, the streets were all
wet, and a traffic light surprised us. Veni was not driving fast but nobody saw
the traffic light, he tried to stop, however, I felt like the bike could not
stop and was like sliding on ice. We hit the bike in front of us on the side –
luggage to luggage. We were fine but our friend who managed to stop at the
traffic light was on the ground. I got so worried, but we were still unable to
stop the bike. Finally, Veni managed to park and we went back to see our
friend, he was fine; the bike was not perfect but nothing too serious.
My OCD started producing intrusive thoughts
right away, apparently, provoked by the stress I felt.
Soon, we were back on the road and Veni and I
decided to sleep in Bonifaccio, the others slept at a camp site. We just
refused to pay a deposit of 280 euros for no sheets, soap or towels and to pay
80 euros or even higher price for the night.
We finally had some alone time. Took a quick
shower and we went out for a walk in this beautiful ancient city. During the
walk, I saw my old classmate, again! We laughed a lot at those meetings; the
chance is so little that we were amazed. The interesting thing is that we
visited different places and in the end, we met again! We separated after a 15
min talk, everybody sharing their impressions from Corsica. Veni and I then
continued to look for a place to eat, everywhere the prices were pretty much
the same, deadly, however, we chose Cantina Doria. It looked very hospitable, and the
staff were very kind. Veni ordered a whole menu for himself and a beer, I
decided to have a pasta and a glass of wine – rose. The portions were so big
that I could not finish my pasta! Veni had an octopus salad, a fish with
zucchini and potatoes and finished with a chocolate cake with whipped cream and
some other syrup, it was fantastic. Veni had to finish my pasta as well, since
I could not eat it all. The wine was very good with a nice density and aroma. After
we finished our dinner we went for a long walk in between the narrow streets
and stairs, it was so romantic I loved it!
I ended in bed writing notes for the blog in
the notebook I bought from the ferry to Corsica. I was too excited to go to
sleep because of all the emotions during the day.
More photos here.
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