| On a boat between Corsica and Sardinia, equilibrating on the French-Italian border line, my left lobe was in Italy, my right, in France. So, therefore, two things mattered to me: the unity of the Mediterranean and a good fresh hot spanakopita. The Strait of Bonifacio (or Bucchi di Bunifaziu, Bouches de Bonifacio, Bocchi di Bunifaciu, Bocche di Bonifacio, Istretto de Bonifacio, Bocchi di Bonifaziu in local languages) is the strait between Corsica and Sardinia, named after the Corsican town. It is about 11 km wide, with maximum depth 89 m, and divides the Tyrrhenian Sea from the western Mediterranean Sea. The strait is notorious for its weather, currents, shoals, and other obstacles. The most famous disaster in the Strait of Bonifacio was that of the French frigate Sémillante on February 15, 1855. Sémillante had left Toulon to supply the Crimean War with troops. A storm caused it to hit a reef; the ship sank and none of the 750 soldiers on board survived. After a tanker disaster in 1993, the passage through the Strait of Bonifacio has been prohibited for only French and Italian flag ships with dangerous goods. |
 Bonifacio 1 |  Bonifacio 2 |  Bonifacio 3 |  Corsica by bus |  Mediterranean dinner |  Marseille |
 Porto Vecchio 1 |  Porto Vecchio 2 |  Propriano |