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'''Corsica''' is an island in the Mediterranean Sea, just north of [[SardegnaSardinia]]. It officially belongs to [[France]], even if it is considered autonomous and independent by lots of its inhabitants, which don't feel French at all.

== Hitching ==Especially in the summer month you see hitchhikers in Corsica. As there are only 2 train lines and busses are slow and rare, hitching is a common way to get around. Protect yourself from the [[weather|sun]]. Hitching in Corsica is very easy, and even the biggest "cities" are small enough to find your way out of easily.

Hitching in Corsica is very easy, and even the biggest "cities" are small enough to find your way out of easily. We were three hitching all through Corsica and never waited more than 15 minutes for a ride in April 2010.  The roads in Corsica are especially in the mountainous inner of the island small and bumpy. You will be Drivers are forced to drive in second or third gear. The average driving speed is (except for the national road on the east coast) is around 50km/h. On the national roads there are often traffic jams during summer holidays, especially near the main touristic hubs on the southern and eastern costs.

The cities where ferries depart (or arrive) are only [[Ajaccio]] and [[Bastia]] for the mainland and [[Propriano]] and [[Bonifacio]] for [[SardegnaSardinia]] all the year long (meaning in winter, late autumn and early spring). From mid-April to mid-October you will find connection also from/to [[Porto-Vecchio]], [[Calvi]] and [[L'Île Rousse]] and there will be also more ferries from the other ports.

==SleepSleeping ==Wildcamping Wild camping is generally strictly forbidden in Corsica. As anywhere else, try not to get caught if you do it, and avoid to light a fire. Outside of the touristic season people seem not care too much about you since you don't bother their business, only thing they seem to care of after neighbours respectability..You have plenty of places where you can pitch your tent or find a place to lay on your mat, especially if you don't speak french (or pretend so) people won't be too much aggressif.The mountainous landscape and the often scrubby, spikey, low-growing brush environment make wild camping in Corsica quite difficult in several places. Finding a hidden, flat, comfortable spot can be tough, but more than possible if you look long enough. People in Corsica can be parnoid paranoid about wild camping because of their fear for wildfires, which make quite sense! In summer, if local people see you looking around for a campsite they start to question you, so try to keep a low profile. The official campings campgrounds are often expensive, 10-15 Euros 10–15€ per person per night. Many of them are loud, crowded, and not very clean. There are some smaller local campsites that will charge as little as 4€/person a night, but are not common. == Food ==

== Eat and Drink ==Everything is very expensive (especially for non locals...) in Corsica. Even in the supermarkets, the prices of local grown fruits and veggies can be expensive. Everything will be cheaper if you don't come during the summer holidays and in any case if you avoid touristic places (which are more or less everywhere)..)

If you do want to go for a drink, order a Pastis''pastis'', You can find this for as cheap as 1,4-2,.4–2.5 euro and most of the time you get a big can glass of water. It's cheaper than ordering a normal small water in a bar!!

 '''[[User:Fedecicco|Fede]] found Corsican people''' often '''rude, aggressive, and really not welcoming at all'''. Coming from the warm and kind [[Sardegna]] it has been quite a shock for him.Maybe just because he was addressing people in French and not in Italian (Corsican language is a dialect of italian and often people are convinced to speak italian even if they don't, they' definitely prefer it to french!) but he encountered plenty of difficulties, hitchin, finding hospitality and often even just having a relationship with people! '''Foreigners He received help only from foreigners living there''' (which '''were the only people helping and being kind to him, picking him up hitchhiking, hosting and simply talking nicely''') confirmed him heard that feeling telling him the situation among native Corsicans there is even worse when you get to know them (corsicans) really. Pride, jealousy, small internal fights, envy, RACISM! a great deal of racism (against arabs Arabs and africans exploited in work field Africans labourers, as well as against french exploited for social aids..French) and plenty of other very low feelings are just normal every day matter, in villages as in towns.. Tourists (which are usually treated quite well , since they represent the main source of income, but there is no without, he feels, sincere respect and kindness in that, is dictated only by their craving of money!), according to what nice people living there say, don't perceive this since they get in contact only with the fake mask they put on..Very few foreigners bear a permanent life in Corsica among its people and often fail in their attempt to move there..Hitchhikers might get and have a taste of this rudeness since they are not respecting very much what an ordinary tourist is supposed to do (spending money), even though they might find easily a lift, especially in summer when the road are crowded..