Hola, On Wednesday 29/07/09 we left Avignon and headed in to rural Provence, We spent 3 days on and around Mt Ventoux (the windy mountain), just missing the tour de france's penultimate leg, you could still see all the painted messages on the roads, we rode only part of the climb, Bedion a small town at the start of the climb is a cyclist mecca, lycra and road bikes everywhere for cycling's version of the marathon. Saturday we called in on Anne and Alan,...

Hi, Wednesday we came back to the mainlland at Nice, we left Bastia our last stop in Corsica at silly o'clock in the morning, The backpackers where still in their sleeping bags on the beach just outside the campsite (they missed a great sunrise), The corsican ferry left on time with french pomp being blasted out over the tannoy (sadly its a moment thing), Its more of a cruise ship that carrys 550 cars, it has a pool, restaurants, bars and disco (shame it was'n...

Bonjour, On Sunday 12/07/09 we travelled on another ferry to Corscia, this time it was only an hour, but it is a great way to enter the island, as you approach Bonifacio the southern port, you see high limestone cliffs with tall houses teetering on the edge, and high ramparts on the land side with a huge cave eroded by the sea just outside the harbour (its well impressive). As we travelled to Porto vecchio, which has a huge white beach (very busy), we could im...

Buongiorno for the last time on this trip, At midnight on Sunday the Toscana our ferry for the 10hr trip to Sardina cast off, she is a huge open decked container type ferry, with an 8 storey accommadation block at the stern, Everyone was alotted a cabin or a seat, we at the lower budget end chose a 2nd class seat, a bit like an aeroplanes, But we got to the bar area on the early and jumped a large semi circular sofa seat and didn't move, the pair of us layed o...

Buongiorno everyone, Saturday 27/06/09 we start are journey to Sicily, the campsite had to close the road to allow us out as it is so steep with some horrors of hairpins, followed with a trip around the mountains , where locals were painting a zebra crossing by hand, then a bridge half washed away with a small warning triangle 10ft beforehand, topped by a shepherd with a herd of goats on a main road. All roads on Sicily are amazingly quiet where tunnels and br...