Corsica: Elemental Island of Beauty, Mountains and Sea
Hammering straight down the valley framed on my left side by vertiginous cliffs, our pilot executed a smart 180 degree turn to avoid the looming mountain ahead and we touched down on Ajaccio's boiling hot runway. Quite some start to my Corsican day, enlivened by exiting the airport's arrivals hall stared at by a bust of Ajaccio's favourite son – Napoléon Bonaparte – replete with trademark bicorn.
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