CHRIS: Slept pretty well even though it was cold. Wrote up past few days, then went to breakfast at 7:45am. Had an awesome ride down the center of Corsica to Bonifacio. Got there at 1:10 and found the ticket window closed, to open at 3:00. Went for a panini, then got a text from Dieter. Looked like he was nearby, but had already left. I went for a hike along the cliffs, but my heart didn’t like it after eating the sandwich. Then back to wait at the window at 2:50.
The window didn’t open until 3:52. There was quite a line by then and people were getting annoyed. I met a girl with a French dad and Sardinian mom. Her English was very limited, I used a little French and Italian and we joked about me taking her mom home on the scooter. After the window opened, I got a ticket for Friday (tomorrow) at 8:30pm. Then stopped at a Tile grocery on the way out, drank a liter of very good milk. Planned a route up the west side to Ajeccio in hopes of seeing sunset.
The ride up was 2.5 hrs and very nice except a lot of it was into the sun. The room checkin was automatic, after I found the instructions email, internet was very good so I got my pictures uploading, then went out for a walk around. Didn’t end up finding a restaurant for dinner, so went back to my room to eat my snacks. Did some more planning for tomorrow then went to bed with a mosquito.
KATHI:
Corsica second full day, Corte to Bonifacio and Ajeccio
| Time | Minutes | km | kph avg | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:38am | 0.1 | map | ||
| 8:38am | 3.7 | 1 km | 11 | |
| 8:41am | 0.5 | map | ||
| 8:42am | 29.6 | 17 km | 35 | |
| 9:11am | 2.0 | map | ||
| 9:13am | 1.6 | 2 km | 87 | |
| 9:19am | 0.0 | map | ||
| 9:19am | 9.9 | 7 km | 45 | |
| 9:38am | 0.0 | map | ||
| 9:38am | 83.6 | 35 km | 25 | |
| 11:02am | 0.0 | map | ||
| 11:02am | 41.6 | 23 km | 33 | |
| 11:43am | 2.6 | map | ||
| 11:46am | 32.9 | 23 km | 41 | |
| 12:19pm | 0.0 | map | ||
| 12:19pm | 22.2 | 17 km | 45 | |
| 12:41pm | 2.3 | map | ||
| 12:43pm | 31.7 | 32 km | 61 | |
| 1:15pm | 9.6 | map | ||
| 1:25pm | 2.0 | 0 km | 4 | |
| 1:27pm | 9.6 | map | ||
| 1:36pm | 1.6 | 0 km | 3 | |
| 1:38pm | 3.9 | map | ||
| 1:42pm | 1.8 | 0 km | 11 | |
| 1:51pm | 0.0 | map | ||
| 1:51pm | 0.4 | 0 km | 11 | |
| 2:00pm | 0.0 | map | ||
| 2:00pm | 1.1 | 0 km | 6 | |
| 2:02pm | 0.0 | map | ||
| 2:02pm | 3.1 | 0 km | 7 | |
| 2:05pm | 3.1 | map | ||
| 2:08pm | 1.7 | 0 km | 5 | |
| 2:10pm | 1.9 | map | ||
| 2:12pm | 2.8 | 1 km | 13 | |
| 2:15pm | 32.2 | map | ||
| 2:47pm | 4.4 | map | ||
| 2:51pm | 2.7 | 1 km | 16 | |
| 4:02pm | 0.0 | map | ||
| 4:02pm | 1.5 | 0 km | 2 | |
| 4:03pm | 2.9 | map | ||
| 4:06pm | 5.4 | 2 km | 19 | |
| 4:12pm | 25.6 | map | ||
| 4:37pm | 4.2 | 1 km | 16 | |
| 4:41pm | 0.2 | map | ||
| 4:41pm | 74.8 | 57 km | 45 | |
| 5:56pm | 0.9 | map | ||
| 5:57pm | 11.6 | 6 km | 31 | |
| 6:09pm | 2.7 | map | ||
| 6:12pm | 1.8 | 0 km | 5 | |
| 6:13pm | 1.5 | map | ||
| 6:15pm | 30.6 | 23 km | 45 | |
| 6:45pm | 0.2 | map | ||
| 6:46pm | 30.9 | 26 km | 51 | |
| 7:17pm | 18.4 | map | ||
| 7:35pm | 2.1 | 0 km | 3 | |
| 7:37pm | 51.0 | map | ||
| 8:28pm | 16.9 | map | ||
| 8:45pm | 8.1 | map | ||
| 8:53pm | 2.8 | 0 km | 7 | |
| 8:56pm | 0.0 | map | ||
| 8:56pm | 4.1 | 0 km | 6 | |
| 9:00pm | 24.6 | map | ||
| 9:25pm | 2.7 | map | ||
| 12h50m | 9h02m moving | 280 km | 31.0 kph | 70% moving, 228 minutes of breaks |