The ferries arrive full in August. But receiving is not the same as welcoming.

Corsica does not perform for its visitors. It has spent centuries resisting occupation, annexation, and the logic of efficiency -- and that resistance has shaped an island unlike anywhere else in the Mediterranean. This episode is an introduction to what Corsica actually is: its history from the Genoese watchtowers to the short-lived republic that produced one of Europe's first democratic constitutions, its landscape from the Balagne coast to the granite spine of the interior, and the mistral wind that builds winter surf on the northwest coast when the tourists are long gone.

You leave knowing: when to come and what each season actually offers, how the island's rhythm differs from the pace most visitors arrive with, and why Corsica reveals itself slowly -- and only to the people who let it.

In the Maquis -- stories from wild places that teach you something before you go.

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