| After a five hour drive through the night we arrive at the ferry terminal and look forward to a smooth ride. | Savona, Italy (May 11, 2002) |
| If we are not allowed to throw away the plastic, then we will have to eat it. Every child knows that. | Aboard the Corsica Express, Mediterranean sea (May 11, 2002) |
| These express ferrys zoom through the sea at 37 knots. See what this does to the hairdo, good thing I never leave home without my Santa Cruz tie dye cap. | Aboard the Corsica Express, Mediterranean sea (May 11, 2002) |
| This ship goes so fast, it's more like on an airplane. Better take a nap. | Aboard the Corsica Express, Mediterranean sea (May 11, 2002) |
| Ha, dad forgot his cap at home so he has to roam for a new one on the flea market. At least they gave me a croissant to munch on in the meantime. | Ajaccio, Corsica, France (May 12, 2002) |
| Checking out the harbor. | Ajaccio, Corsica, France (May 12, 2002) |
| There's the beach! | Verghia, Corsica, France (May 12, 2002) |
| Couch potato - Beach banana | Verghia, Corsica, France (May 12, 2002) |
| Trying to figure out this funny new Euro money. | Verghia, Corsica, France (May 12, 2002) |
| My first time in the sand. Better throw it around a bit here and there. See what happens. | Verghia, Corsica, France (May 12, 2002) |
| Getting my feet wet. | Verghia, Corsica, France (May 12, 2002) |
| I already learned from Flavio that this is granite with a typical Wollsackverwitterung. It also makes for a good place to sit on. | Filitosa, Corsica, France (May 13, 2002) |
| Uhhhhh...I'm having fun...uhhhh... | Filitosa, Corsica, France (May 13, 2002) |
| (a) Where's that cochonnet? (b) Found it! (c) I wonder if I can kick this ball... | Campestra, Corsica, France (May 14, 2002) |
| To be or not to be. | Campestra, Corsica, France (May 14, 2002) |
| Dad sucks in playing pétanque. | Campestra, Corsica, France (May 14, 2002) |
| A walk on the wild side. | Campestra, Corsica, France (May 14, 2002) |
| He can eat the carrots. I'll take care of the cheese. | Campestra, Corsica, France (May 14, 2002) |
| I don't want to wear this hat, it makes me look at least twice as old. | Campestra, Corsica, France (May 14, 2002) |
| Hey dog, eat that key! | Campestra, Corsica, France (May 14, 2002) |
| Uiii...cold cold cold | Anse d'Orzo, Corsica, France (May 14, 2002) |
| Surf's up dudes! | Anse d'Orzo, Corsica, France (May 14, 2002) |
| The little girl and the sea. | Anse d'Orzo, Corsica, France (May 14, 2002) |
| Look there is a naked man watching us! | Anse d'Orzo, Corsica, France (May 14, 2002) |
| This looks interesting, let's check it out. | Anse d'Orzo, Corsica, France (May 14, 2002) |
| It's wet out here. | Anse d'Orzo, Corsica, France (May 14, 2002) |
| At least someone is having fun here. | Anse d'Orzo, Corsica, France (May 14, 2002) |
| Mum is trying to get a sun tan. Better tickle her a bit. | Anse d'Orzo, Corsica, France (May 14, 2002) |
| No pirates yet on the horizon. | Anse d'Orzo, Corsica, France (May 14, 2002) |
| It's not really crowded at the Restaurant Francis. | Anse d'Orzo, Corsica, France (May 14, 2002) |
| Going to the beach is really tyring. | Anse d'Orzo, Corsica, France (May 14, 2002) |
| Ok, it's a bit kitschy, but there was the sun and there was the beer and then it just happened. | Coti-Chiavari, Corsica, France (May 14, 2002) |
| Last year we had the best tasting pizza at Donna and Fulvio's place in California. This year we scored the pizza with the best view of a Mediterranean sunset. | Coti-Chiavari, Corsica, France (May 14, 2002) |
| They have industrial strength mountains and waterfalls here. This one is called Les Cascades des Anglais, but I haven't seen any floating down the river. | Col de Vizzavona, Corsica, France (May 15, 2002) |
| (a) Look mum, bird! (b) Plitsch, platsch... | Col de Vizzavona, Corsica, France (May 15, 2002) |
| Tree with rocks. | Col de Vizzavona, Corsica, France (May 15, 2002) |
| Hiking makes me hungry. I'm going to eat that chausson aux pommes all by myself. | Col de Vizzavona, Corsica, France (May 15, 2002) |
| It would be fun to explore this river up into the high mountains. | Col de Vizzavona, Corsica, France (May 15, 2002) |
| Bathing in a sea of fresh green leaves. | Col de Vizzavona, Corsica, France (May 15, 2002) |
| (a) Dad, don't eat like a pig! (b) Uhh? (c) It probably belongs to these tourists with the big car. | Col de Vizzavona, Corsica, France (May 15, 2002) |
| This is one mean ugly pig. | Col de Vizzavona, Corsica, France (May 15, 2002) |
| A lazy evening at the beach. | Verghia, Corsica, France (May 15, 2002) |
| One of us is not dressed properly for the occasion. guess who? | Verghia, Corsica, France (May 15, 2002) |
| A perfect beach on the Golfe de Ajaccio. | Verghia, Corsica, France (May 15, 2002) |
| Sunset only makes it even better. | Verghia, Corsica, France (May 15, 2002) |
| Walking home after eating some fresh caught local fish. | Verghia, Corsica, France (May 15, 2002) |
| One day I will be that tall. | Campestra, Corsica, France (May 16, 2002) |
| If you thought that other hat made me look stupid then check this out. | Campestra, Corsica, France (May 16, 2002) |
| White sand, warm weather, no crowds, good food, is this paradise or what? | Presqu'île d'Isolella, Corsica, France (May 16, 2002) |
| That toy there looks like fun. | Presqu'île d'Isolella, Corsica, France (May 16, 2002) |
| More beach scenes. | Presqu'île d'Isolella, Corsica, France (May 16, 2002) |
| The native people wear their costumes and show me the traditional dances handed down to them by their ancestors. | Coti-Chiavari, Corsica, France (May 16, 2002) |
| Where did that come from? | Anse d'Orzo, Corsica, France (May 17, 2002) |
| I feel like someone is observing me... | Anse d'Orzo, Corsica, France (May 17, 2002) |
| Dad with his two girls on top of a Genuese watch tower. | Capo Rosso, Corsica, France (May 18, 2002) |
| The coast is quite spectacular around here. It's like the mountains grow right out of the sea. | Capo Rosso, Corsica, France (May 18, 2002) |
| Hey, don't forget me here! | Capo Rosso, Corsica, France (May 18, 2002) |
| It feels like the end of the world out on this rock. Maybe we can see the whole island from here. Maybe not. | Capo Rosso, Corsica, France (May 18, 2002) |
| Climbing down from the watch tower. | Capo Rosso, Corsica, France (May 18, 2002) |
| Cows are standing by. | Capo Rosso, Corsica, France (May 18, 2002) |
| A view back towards the watch tower on the Capo Rosso. | Capo Rosso, Corsica, France (May 18, 2002) |
| And now for some well earned pâtisserie. | Capo Rosso, Corsica, France (May 18, 2002) |
| Mmmmmmm. | Capo Rosso, Corsica, France (May 18, 2002) |
| The little village is perched high above the sea. From our hotel room we had a nice view of the clearing storm while having a picknick dinner on the balcony. | Piana, Corsica, France (May 18, 2002) |
| Doh! Now they know that I can use a fork if I want to. | Piana, Corsica, France (May 19, 2002) |
| Mum liked that little heart-shaped hole. I wonder what Flavio has to say about it (my guess is granitus cardialus) | Les Calanche, Corsica, France (May 19, 2002) |
| Quelle côchonnerie. | Marignana, Corsica, France (May 19, 2002) |
| What are you looking at? | Marignana, Corsica, France (May 19, 2002) |
| Warning: Falling pigs for 300 meters! | Marignana, Corsica, France (May 19, 2002) |
| Better eat the cookies before the pigs get them. | Marignana, Corsica, France (May 19, 2002) |
| The Macchia is blooming. | Marignana, Corsica, France (May 19, 2002) |
| Pigs foraging along the road. | Marignana, Corsica, France (May 19, 2002) |
| Guess who has the right of way here. | Marignana, Corsica, France (May 19, 2002) |
| Corsica wildlife. Incidentally this is also where the good cheese comes from. | Marignana, Corsica, France (May 19, 2002) |
| This bridge held up for a few hundered years, why should it collapse just now... | Georges de Spelunca, Corsica, France (May 19, 2002) |
| Throwing stones into the Porto river. | Georges de Spelunca, Corsica, France (May 19, 2002) |
| Stones thrown into the Porto river. | Georges de Spelunca, Corsica, France (May 19, 2002) |
| Stones and old wood. | Georges de Spelunca, Corsica, France (May 19, 2002) |
| Marvelling at the Golfe de Porto. | Les Calanche, Corsica, France (May 20, 2002) |
| The view from our hotel room. No wonder they call it Bella Vista. | Porto, Corsica, France (May 20, 2002) |
| We did't get to try out that beach in the right corner, but it sure looks like it would be worth it. | Golfe de Girolata, Corsica, France (May 21, 2002) |
| Cow beach | Galéria, Corsica, France (May 21, 2002) |
| Lollypop, lollypop... | Galéria, Corsica, France (May 21, 2002) |
| It's soon time for siesta. | Pigna, Corsica, France (May 22, 2002) |
| The elephant in the pottery shop. | Pigna, Corsica, France (May 22, 2002) |
| That salad is too big for me, I want to play with the cat. | Pigna, Corsica, France (May 22, 2002) |
| There has to be a way up here. | Monte Tolu, Corsica, France (May 22, 2002) |
| They always come down. | Monte Tolu, Corsica, France (May 22, 2002) |
| Descending towards the South Col. | Monte Tolu, Corsica, France (May 22, 2002) |
| I might as well check out the flowers while dad is scrambling for a foothold. | Monte Tolu, Corsica, France (May 22, 2002) |
| Pfffffft... | Monte Tolu, Corsica, France (May 22, 2002) |
| I wonder if the bathroom already looked like this when the cardinal still lived here. | Speloncato, Corsica, France (May 23, 2002) |
| A view of the window. | Speloncato, Corsica, France (May 23, 2002) |
| A view out of the window. Monte Tolu is somewhere on the right, and we had dinner in the little restaurant on the village square. | Speloncato, Corsica, France (May 23, 2002) |
| Spending our last money on stuff. | Bastia, Corsica, France (May 23, 2002) |
| The ferry ride to Livorno is less fun. The ship is old, noisy and slow. | Aboard the Corsica Shuttle, Mediterranean sea (May 23, 2002) |
| Land! Land! | Aboard the Corsica Shuttle, Mediterranean sea (May 23, 2002) |
| Good hunting (pottery, beer, olive oil, liqueurs, cidre, cheese, nougat, marmalade, chestnut flour, ...) | Rifferswil, Switzerland (May 24, 2002) |
