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March 8, 2006
Destination: Corsica
Ok, I'm in the Mediterranean, where I belong. It's warmer, here. I arrived in Corsica this afternoon after a one-day layover in Paris, where I stayed at the 3 Ducks Hostel.
Why Corsica? Well, I'm actually here to visit Cargese, a city which became home to Greeks from Itylo, Lakonia who immigrated to Corsica in 1676, fleeing from the Turks. There's still an identifiable, though mostly assimilated, Greek community in Cargese to this day who still attend a Greek (Eastern-Rite) Catholic Church.
When the Greeks were exiled down to Ajaccio for a while, they attended the Chapelle des Grecs, which can be seen here under renovation:
Pictures of Corsica will be regularly updated.
Big shout-out to Le Bistrot du Cours here in Ajaccio for keeping me in touch with the rest of the world.
Posted by Dean at March 8, 2006 2:57 PM