Corsica

Here's a tip: If you go to Corsica, don't go to Napoleon's birthplace (even if Napoleon himself greets you when you disembark). Sadly, no one told us this in advance and so we spent a good chunk of the morning wandering through some airless rooms where Mr. Bonaparte may or may not have slept. The afternoon was much better. We ditched the tour and went to the beach. I had never been swimming in the Mediterranean and it was beautiful and blue and bouyant. Plus, I can't remember the last time I went to the beach and didn't have to build a sand castle. Ahhhh...