We set off reasonably early to walk up to this fortress park place where the views are great. It was hot. We stopped at a cafe near the port and had a coffee and croissant and went to the restaurant that was recommended which is on the other side of the port. It’s not that […]

We didn’t sleep well as it was very hot. Mike eventually opened our bedroom door just to let the cool air in more easily.  We had offered take Jen to Calvi airport for her flight to Istanbul via Marseille. She wanted to be there by 5.30am as that was just over 2 hours before her […]

Hamish and Sarah drove into Calvi so the rest of us enjoyed looking after Finn. He is a genius baby and so entertaining. He is a real happy chappie and ultra busy all the time, although he is happy to have an hour or 2 nap each afternoon.  We took him to the beach early […]

On Wednesday we had a pretty chill day. Pauline, Sarah and Hamish took Finn to the beach early, before it got too hot and we joined them later. There are some lovely little beaches nearby and they seem to be free. The one we went to had lots of shade (during the morning anyway) and […]

We had a leisurely start and then a swim in the excellent pool.  It was bliss.  In the afternoon we took a trip to the supermarket. The others had warned us that there is no obvious order to the supermarket but it had to be experienced in order to fully appreciate the randomness of layout. […]

We checked out and finished breakfast by 10.30. Another beautiful day with a high of 34C.  I successfully negotiated the motorway back to Livorno with Jen’s navigational assistance. We got to the ferry terminal in plenty of time but there was nowhere apparent to park the car. The ferry queue man told us to park […]