| In the afternoon, we drove back to Bonifacio to enjoy further this Genoese town and citadel perched on the promontory overlooking the harbor. Unlike when we were first here on September 1, the harbor no longer was a �madhouse�. Eleven days had made quite a difference in the amount of summer boat traffic. During the days of Genoese rule, there was only one entrance to Bonifacio�s upper town, and it was quite impressive. High up on the promontory, we had beautiful views of the harbor and of the white limestone cliffs of Bonifacio, with the �grain of sand�, a solitary stack of limestone rock, prominent in the foreground. Underneath some of the outermost buildings in the upper town, the limestone cliffs had actually been eaten away making for a very interesting and unusual sight. |
