From the Cinque Terre we drove north again back to Pisa (for the people who came; yes I remember what we did in between I just don’t feel like writing about it, except, of course, the wild boar pasta that was gluten free…).

Although, come to think of it, we did stop at Vinci, a place where a famous guy that you may know of called Leonardo (da Vinci), was born.

We went to the museum which was largely focused on his inventions.

From Pisa, we caught a ferry with a bunch of faulty restaurants (meaning that they were closed), but was otherwise quite comfortable, over to Corsica. Corsica is a French island where Napoleon was born.

Some fun facts about Napoleon (they aren’t actually that fun but my Mum made me put them in)

-He was emperor of France for a decade (1804-1814)

–During the Napoleonic Wars, France conquered Egypt, Belgium, Holland, much of Italy, Austria, much of Germany, Poland and Spain. France directly conquered or controlled through alliance most of western Europe by 1812. 

But if you are anything like my brother, you’ll only care about the baguettes. We did actually visit Napoleons house and saw his bed (not strange at all), as well as having a long, informative tour of the place.

After a couple days there in Ajaccio we took a bus to Propriano; a city on the coast where, as a key point on the holiday, we picked up our boat. Despite some flaws, including rather cold cabins, it’s nice and spacious, with an entire hall separating me from my brother.

A catamaran called Taramea.