We made it to the Sartene Museum!

Bonjour!

I am definitely feeling better than yesterday afternoon.  Robert thinks that I may just have run out of gas.  I do have to admit that, while neither of us has hit the “turn around and head home” point, we are looking forward to a slightly less frantic pace for a while.  When we got back to the hotel yesterday afternoon, I basically went right to bed and stayed there through most of the evening.  Robert was absolutely wonderful about fending for himself, for which I am well and truly thankful.  The hotel doesn’t have a restaurant, but they do put salads and charcuterie together with excellent French bread.  I did sleep through the night, which was wonderful, and awoke this morning feeling better but not completely out of the woods.  

Stunning prehistoric pot!

Tiny statue

Large bowl

Even larger pot!

Menhir

Liked this one with weapon!

Looks like a belt to me!

This one's mouth is open!

Robert loved this ancient knife!

Also, TF1 French television channel is broadcasting select World Cup games, so we got to watch two good ones last night.  The first – Germany vs. Mexico was fantastic – and Mexico knocked off Germany 1 – 0 for the biggest upset of the tournament to date.  Then, following that match, we saw Switzerland play the power house Brazil team – and Switzerland tied the game in the second half, and the Brazilians were SO surprised!  Tonight, it looks like we have only one game – England vs. Tunisia.  I have no idea how the matches are selected, and I do have to admit that I am looking forward to being able to watch ALL the matches when we get home!

Up this morning about 7 am and down to breakfast about 7:30. We were the only folks in the breakfast room, and the hotel seemed deserted – a big difference from yesterday when we had a big tour group in for the night.  Rested a bit as the Sartene Museum of Prehistory opens at 10, and that was our plan for today.  

Very, very nice museum, even though every word was in French.  Fortunately, thanks to Bob LaCasce and Robert, we can now Google translate words, which helps a great deal.  The museum has a very interesting assortment of flora and fauna of the area, and then begins really with the prehistoric and moves through the Neolithic and bronze ages. They also had several very interesting menhirs.  I just love those faces!  Spent an hour or so in the museum and then decided to head back to the hotel for another nap (for me!).  It truly is a beautiful day to sit and enjoy the sunshine on our balcony which is perched high in the air, a long way from the road below.  

Oh, one other thing we did was look to see if there is a lavanderie (laundry) here in Sartene. We saw one yesterday, which was closed, so wanted to take a look today to see if it will serve our purposes. And, unfortunately, it won’t – not a do-it-yourself laundromat.  So, we will head to Proprianoin a bit to get some dinner there, and we have the address to what looks like from the photos on line to be a real laundromat!  Yippee!!  We have more things to see tomorrow, but first I want to get our laundry done.  That will take us through the end of the trip and back home, I am happy to report! 

Our schedule for the next couple of days includes tonight and tomorrow night here in Sartene, then moving on Wednesday night to Bastia, where we will catch the Corsica Ferry back to Livornoon Thursday morning.  From there, it will be pedal-to-the-metal-Commander back to Rome’s Fiumicino airport and our flight on Friday morning! Just hope we’ll be able to manage to get everything packed … I have warned Robert that he will most likely be called on to perform his regular miracles with stuff and suitcases!  That man is a demon packer, for sure!  (I’m pretty good, but when things are getting full, I turn it over to him!)  

Well, that’s about all for now!  More later!

m

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Back from Propriano, the closest beach town to Sartene, about 9 km away.  Unfortunately, we went there looking for food about 5 pm – and nothing, and I mean NOTHING was open then – come back at 7 pm!  So, as it turns out, many of the outdoor bars and restaurants (and there were quite a few) are carrying all the World Cup soccer games, so we got to watch Belgium beat Panama, 3 – 0 while we waited for 7 o’clock to come around.  When it did, we got two Margarita Pizzas (tomato sauce and cheese) to go and drove back to the hotel about 10 minutes before the England-Tunisia game started.  We were also able to find the Lavomatic laundry, which is right on the waterfront, and looks really nice.  The proof will be tomorrow, when we head back there with our load of laundry.  (England just scored, and Tunisia’s goalkeeper has been replaced, and we’ve just started the game!) 

Last thing – which I thought was wonderful!  Yesterday’s heading was something like “looking for menhirs” – and friend Kathy Spiller sent the following:  What’s with that?  Aren’t there any WOMENhirs?  And she’s right!  We’ll definitely have to keep our eyes open!

More tomorrow,

m

xxx