Actually going to Korsika/ More hiking

As I said in my last post my host family and I did go to Korsika for one week. It was an 8 hour drive with a 3 hour ferry and then another 3 hour drive. Which sucks when you're in the back of a van and are well over 6 feet tall.

(stretching our legs before the ferry)

(Andi and I listening to each others music)

I went with my host parents, two host sisters, my host cousin and my oldie (Rotary January Inbound) Zeni. We stayed in Porto Vechio and got a nice house with a long walk to the beach.

I learned a lot of German because I was forced to speak with the same people on the beach all day for 7 days. Korsika is beautiful and well out of the way. I was positive that I was probably the only Canadian on the Island because its so hard to get to. Since it was a french Island I got to practice my french and had many people asking where I was from because of my accent. On the beach I either read, swam, walked or played volleyball with the girls.

(or got roped into photo shoots)

It was really awesome and I feel that I really started to connect with Andi my host dad and my two host sisters. We went on a boat ride as well in Bonifacio and explored the town.

Its a beautiful city as you can see and with awesome people that made it better.

(ps me and Andi are planning a time share there)

More hiking:

The day after we got back, Sunday, we had to get up at 6 (we got back the night before at 12) and got to Appenzeller land. Which is 40 minutes away and is some of the best hiking around. We took the gondola up,

then we ate breakfast in a restaurant that spun (just like the cn tower) and then hiked down.  

The restaurant was so cool because over 2 hours we saw everything twice. The hike down was awesome too, rolling hills and windy roads and it took us 2 hours.

I'm also now 2 months in and they've been the best of my life. Keep up to date with my adventures in Switzerland.