Bastia to St Florent

Today we have woken to an amazing day of sunshine. Our home for the night has incredible views from our room and the dining room looking out over the Mediterranean. The photos today are all with the most clear azure blue seas. We had a lazy breakfast and headed north from Bastia to Erbalunga where we saw a ruin on the point with cafes and harbour nearby and had a swim in the warmest clear water. I had a bit of an exercise and ocean fix as was suffering a bit from lack of exercise and needed to get in the salt water. I think I am hooked on the endorphin boost from exercising everyday. We then headed to Macinaggio via the winding cliffside roads. At Macinaggio we went for a cliffside bushwalk to Santa Maria Chappelle which was 1.5hrs each way. The water was crystal clear and the views amazing. On the way back we had another swim. On our return to Macinaggio at 6.30pm we still had what we though was a 65km 1hr 40min drive to our accommodation at Saint Florent. This turned into a 2.5 hour drive on the windiest, narrowest, highest Cliffside roads I have ever been on. Again the views were amazing and the heights incredible with a very narrow low stone wall between us and the biggest drop off the side of the cliff I have travelled on. DB was in racing car mode but it still took forever to get there. DB not real well today, has picked up a bit of the flu, hopefully the strenuous day doesn’t make him worse tomorrow. We might have a rest day tomorrow.

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