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Saturday, May 26th, Bonifacio, Corsica, France
by Larson and Gav
 
It's 2:08 in the morning on Friday, May 25th and Gav and I are serving on night watch. We have been dutifully attending to our course, which has us arriving in Bonifacio around 7am. We have spent our last eleven days aboard Zia enjoying Joe's humor, Christy's fabulous cooking, and the stimulating company of their two kids, Cassie and Juliana.
 
To pick up where Christy left off, we have been cruising around Corsica with Cenou. We left Cala di Palu for Cargese, the summer stomping ground of Claude's youth.
  
 
While in Cargese, Claude rigged his windsurfer for Gav and me to try. Neither of us was successful in getting farther than two feet. However, Joe and Christy both showed us up as they zipped around the beach. The same afternoon Gav and I were learning to windsurf, Hobie had his first swimming lesson when he slipped off the stern. After a great dinner ashore, Christy caught a photo of the guys rolling up their jeans in an attempt to imitate French fashion.
  
 
The next morning we all conquered the fifteen minute hike uphill into the town of Cargese for some grocery shopping.
  
We ate lunch at a small restaurant in town. We all enjoyed our authentic Corsican food except Jules, whose salad was inhabited by a horde of small bugs.
                                    
We returned with our groceries and motored back for Cap Rossu where Claude introduced Larson to sea urchin, a local delicacy.
                                    
 
On Cap Rossu we spotted a trail that led us to a Genoese fire tower situated on one of its highest bluffs. The view from the top was magnificent. Steep, jagged rock faces dive virtually straight down into the water creating one of the deepest bays in the Mediterranean.
  
Earlier today Joe skillfully squeezed into a tiny anchorage nestled in Corsica's oldest natural preserve, where we rafted up with Cenou and spent the afternoon cliff jumping and cave exploring.
  
                                    
                                    
 
It is Saturday at 1pm and we said goodbye to our adopted crew a half hour ago, before they had a chance to finish their update.  Thirteen days flew by for all of us.  Larson and Gav's enthusiasm for discovery and learning and their wonder at our lifestyle was contagious for us all.  Seeing our lives through their eyes makes us appreciate it even more.  Not to mention the new perspective they bring to our surroundings.  I can pretty much guarantee that Joe and I would not have gone in search of cliffs to jump off if it weren't for their initiative.  We had a blast! 
 
We miss you already, Larson and Gav.  Have fun on the rest of your adventure. 
 
  
 
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