Rain in Corsica, Castagniccia
The weather is a bit bad today in Corsica. Rain is about to fall and will be with us for the whole week-end. Just when lockdown starts to get a little more “free”… We...
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Chestnuts roasting at dusk in Corsica
We love chestnuts in Corsica. Beyond its economical, social, and historical value on our island, chestnut is just something we love. Simply fallen from the tree, boiled, transformed into flour to make some nicci...
Project “Turismu in Corsu”: tourism and Corsican language
Corsica faces multiple struggles regarding its future. The population has grown fast for the last 20 years, real estate speculation shines more than ever (mocking day after day ecological and social matters). Times are...
Vines in Aleria
Corsica is a land of wine. From Patrimonio to the southern vines in Sartene, you will find several great producers. Some of them are making this piece of gastronomical art along the east coast,...
Fox playing hide and seek in Corsica
I took this picture a few years ago, during automn. I was working outside, behind the branches of some chestnut trees. In my family, we produce chestnut flour. I am used to give a...
Corsican Heritage: The Convent of Alesani
Note from the editor : This article is an English translation/adaptation of something I wrote a few months ago in Italian, called “I luoghi che hanno fatto la storia della Corsica: il Convento d’Alesani”,...
Snapshot from Corsica: The village of Felce in November
This picture was taken during November in Felce, a small village in northern Corsica. I am not a photographer (not even close to being one), so this picture misses the top of the bell...
Orii in Monacia d’Aullène : Corsica meets Bilbo the Hobbit
Today we are heading south of Corsica, to Monacia d’Aullène. This village located in the “Pieve de Freto”. A “Pieve” is a former religious district, no longer used. But still especially important for people...
We visited the “Casa di e Scenze” in Bastia
The doors of Bastia’s “Casa di e Scenze” (House of Sciences) opened earlier this year. We’ve been there to visit this place. This is the very first museum dedicated to sciences in Corsica. Note...
The abandoned village of Occi in Balagna
Today, we are going to discover another abandoned village of Corsica with some pictures: Occi. Those images were taken on the 1st of February 2020, during a family trip in Balagna (Northwest of the...
