Invitation To France, Vignettes-9

Chapter 17 Corsica and Monaco

Corsica … Snow-capped mountains … wild flowers — red poppies and purple blooms as well as bushes with big yellow blossoms — a spectacular array of color. … the melting snow contributed to the rushing streams and rivers.

Bonifacio … Often a small arch extended across the walkway, from building to building. It was difficult to tell if they were holding the buildings together, or keeping them apart. One reference said those arches are really rain water gutters directing water to one of the town’s many cisterns.

Monte Carlo … We spent the night of our 29th anniversary in the Mirabeau Hotel in Monte Carlo, and ate dinner in a restaurant on the top floor of a nearby hotel. … The picnic lunch we had near the sea-wall, next to the Loews Hotel one year, was a far better meal, with superior service.