Quite a fascinating spot! We knew pretty much nothing about Corsica but now we’ve seen the watch tower, the gorgeous beaches (even in rainy March), the statue of Napoleon with his brothers, roads named for Napolean, a grand cathedral (well, grand on the inside) where Napoleon was christened, a park with a huge monument to, you guessed it, Napoleon. Ahh, he was born in Ajaccio and they are proud of that! We attended a lecture last night on Napoleon to prepare. Amazing how little of European history we were taught in school – or at least, I find I remember very little so it was terrific to take that information with us into Ajaccio.
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