Ile Rousse II - au revoir mare e monti

January 19th to 20th I went on a whim to Ile Rousse to visit with Jessie before she left to go home. Tory and Tiler, two assistants from Bastia also happened to be visiting and Anna who lives in Ile Rousse too.

On the way there I saw this sign that took a beating from the nationalists. Their aim on Corte was good but they missed the spot on Ajaccio!



On Saturday (19th) we decided to dress in colours and say goodbye to the sea (au revoir mare). We happened to find a very elegant umbrella outside Jessie’s apartment.

And so our mare adventure began at an ornate door with Tory, a tulip and the elegant umbrella.



We continued and found an old building where we sat for awhile

Jessie and Anna



And then the tulips and Tiler entered the picture



Then we made it to the sea.



These two guys just couldn’t figure out what we were up to



Maeve, Tory and Jessie at the sea







Then we found the train tracks. (the train tracks that lead nowhere and are never used as the train in Corsica is totally useless!) Or at this point we haven’t found the train tracks yet we are making our way to the train tracks

Ergo this is the pilgrimage to the train tracks





Notice the umbrella is now upside down and has the tulips in it!

Train tracks discovered



Kalina (Bulgarian/Texan exchange student going to the Lycée in Ile Rousse), Maeve, Anna, Tiler and Tory.



Then we walked the line







Change in course



Jessie decided to take a nap on the tracks but looks uncannily like a corpse!



Tiler found a jack-in-the-pulpit and I freaked out cause I thought mom would love it and so Jessie took a photo of me with it!



Then Kalina asked if Jessie would pretend to tie her to the tracks. And thus began the saga of Kalina tied to the tracks – murder mystery in the making





Oh no!!



But Jessie is too sweet to go through with such a feat! Don’t worry Kalina survived and no trains came along



Jessie gave the umbrella a moment to shine





And then we headed home, letting the tracks lead our way



The tracks became quite overgrown with foliage







Here we are almost home



At home anna made this … architectural experiment with the moor head u borgu on it



The next day we went hiking in the mountains and through several little villages around Ile Rousse the names of which I can’t remember but one of them was noted as one of the most beautiful villages in France! That was au revoir monti part but we had some camera issues so I don’t have the photos :(

We idled with cows scared them made them moo and run and poop and also had an incident with a farmers dog! We also saw the cap corse while hiking! It was a nice day.

Last photo I took was of this lonely man at the Ponte Leccia train station after Tory and Tiler got on the train going to Bastia and I got on the one going towards Ajaccio.



Au revoir mare è monti