European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Focus Bonifacio is the southernmost port of the Napoleons Home a modern Retreat stories and photos by Lon Cabot Naples Bureau As the ferry Laden with motorcycles and campers churned its Way through the last stretch of the Straits of a Small Beac less Harbor scooped out of a craggy Mountainside came into the Choppy Waters of the Straits smooth out and the Waters deep Blue becomes an Emerald then a Pale the ferry backed against the Dock and dropped its steel ramp on Bonifacio is the largest Community on the Southern tip of the third largest Island in the Mediterranean and the largest Island in Frances Community of the sixth largest department of about 110 Miles Long by 50 Miles Corsica is known by a variety of Island of Island of Beauty and Mountain in the sea Are All nicknames for an Island that has been invaded by moors and lombards occupied by italians and French and somehow developed its own proud although the islands population of less than constantly debate whether the islands inhabitants should cling to the French customs which have become a part of their culture or purge themselves of All out order influences and maintain old corsican no matter where you go on the Island natives and longtime residents of Corsica quickly Point out that their Island is a mixture of beauties and for French writers from Balzac to Flaubert have written poems and stories about the intrinsic Beauty of Corsica the fjords of the Calanche creeks surrounded by craggy mountainsides of the Needle peaks of Avella and the islands maritime Pine Trees that Dot the landscape and eventually blend into the vast area of the atone in the past 20 the number of tourists visiting Corsica each summer has nearly italians and americans flock to the Island in droves to enjoy the vast stretches of or hiking the rugged Bonifacio a picturesque Little fortified town located on a Limestone Bonifacio is the largest Community in Southern although the year round population of about More than triples from late May to Early the area has plenty of accommodations from Camp Sites to two and three Star s stripes Magazine August 1985