Saturday 2nd December 2017

This morning we traveled north up the west coast of Corsica passing Ajaccio, the capital city, to our east. We stopped for a cup of tea at this good view point. It was raining and has continued to rain for the rest of the day.

We stopped for the day at the town of Cargese. Here's the view from our parking place.

We took a walk around town. Here's the Mayor's Office.

The Roman Catholic church (on the left) was built in 1828 and is one of the latest examples of Baroque in Corsica.

It has a trompe l'oeil ceiling.

Here's the alter.

Half the population of Cargese are descendants of Greek refugees who came here in the seventeenth century following the Turkish occupation of the Peloponnese. This is their church built in 1852 to replace a former one which had become too small for the congregation.

Here's a view inside.

On the walls inside the church hang several off the icons they brought with them when they fled their homeland over 300 years ago.

Here's another of these ancient icons.

This Virgin and Child icon is thought to date back to the twelfth century.

From the churches you can look down to the port.

It rained a lot today. We saw this nice rainbow from our parking place. We went out briefly on foot to the local supermarket to buy a few groceries.

Today we traveled 50 miles (81 kilometres). We are at N42.13625 E8.59499

Cargese