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Our tour ended, perhaps not surprisingly, with a touch of chaos. Somehow, the post-ferry logistics for meeting up with our host (and our lug...

There are so many beautiful places left to explore, but the time has come for us to leave Corsica for the mainland (and ultimately, to retur...

As we prepared to head off on our bicycles for the day, one of the other hotel guests was curious about our itinerary. Another rider was try...

Our designated destination was Zonza , which we understood to be a prototypical Corsican town. The route, of course, headed uphill. After ...

At the end of yesterday's ride, I was completely spent. After stashing my bike, I more or less collapsed in the hallway, next to my lugg...

To prepare for today's journey, I did my homework. I asked Google Maps for a route to our next hotel; although it was car-centric, it w...

Given the prospect of a long ride to our next town tomorrow, most of the group opted for a day off. A day off the bike, that is. In the ...

Here's the thing about Corsica: The only place that is flat is the sea. After yesterday's challenging journey, I was not convinced...

As I was climbing out of St. Florent, a fighter jet swooshed overhead. That confirmed it—we did hear a sonic boom yesterday in Nonza! I m...

For most of us, it was time for a day off the bike. We decided to return to the town of Nonza , which we had seen briefly on yesterday's...

I could have asked our host to intervene with the hotel staff; instead, I asked Google Translate . Le lavabo de ma chambre est bouché. ...

Shortly after dawn, the ferry docked at Bastia, on the northeastern shore of Corsica. Geared up for the day's ride, we pedaled off the s...

Our journey today would take us from the heart of Provence to the harbor in Marseille, where we would board the ship to ferry us to our next...

A few hardy souls in our group had tackled Mont Ventoux on Wednesday; although they escaped serious rain, they rode in the clouds and saw ...