Drooling over

Italy's 250 km/hr bullet trains. That's fast, right? Alas, none of these yet serves Sibari on the northern Ionian coast, where Juno lives. So we'll take the slow train that makes all the stops. Some of them, it seems at times, more than once.
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The Holy Comforter Band

Could use one of these. For the spring concerts.
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Photographing the

Forum of Pompeii. Yes, all of us.
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Hey, Dad!

Come look at the extra toilet ... Wait ... What the ... How's this ... Dad? You have any idea ...... You've got to be kidding. Really?!? Cool!
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Pizza

In the birthplace of pizza -- Napoli.
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En route to Napoli and Pompeii

Our first "Trenitalia" ride.
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In Italy Now

I'm NOT in the Med. Or I am. It's just that my brain can't accept that. I don't feel like it at all. I also don't know that I've passed through the straits of Gibraltar. Maybe I will someday. But not now.
Anyway, most of our way there is finished. We are now safely in Italy for the winter. Our next detonation is Greece I will see Athens and Sparta and all the rest. We are also going to see Rome here. Or whatever's left of it.
Our schoolwork here has been different. I have been reading the lesson manuals. That is the teacher's job usually. Here it isn't. I also have less work.
Others will be reading about these places. Meanwhile, I will be looking at the things that others will be reading about. Kind of ironic, isn't it? Then again, they probably will not read about Bermuda or the Azores. Some will be jealous. Some will be impressed. Some will say "you should have seen the mall, dude". That can't change facts.
Well, being at the other side of the Atlantic doesn't feel like much, but (according to daddy) I will think differently back at the side where I used to be.


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The consequences

Of an on-passage, upwind, forecabin hatch leak. Standing watch to make sure Mommy's clothes don't blow away. No, the marina in Sibari does not have a clothes dryer.
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It's raining in Sibari

So the celebratory Cola-Cola is enjoyed in the cabin. Five thousand miles .... Congratulations, boys! You did it.
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Approaching

The northwest corner of the Gulf of Taranto -- our home for the winter. Appropriate, as it already looks and feels like winter.

Three hours to go. . .
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Grocery run

Gale has ended, waiting for seas to subside.
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Waiting out the gale

Peter fills the port water tank as we wait for 30 knot winds to drop to something more reasonable. Outside are 15 foot waves. We'll wait in here, thanks.

Big seawall here at Ciro Marina in Calabria, Italy, but not the level of artwork as in Horta.
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Our first pizza in mainland Italy

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Rounding the tip of Calabria

The "toe" of Italy.
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Approaching the Strait of Messina

Between Sicily and Italy. The place that gave Odysseus such trouble with the whirlpools and such, now tossing a squall in welcome.

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Steering us around

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Off exploring on our own

Daddy didn't want to go, so fine. We'll just take our boat.
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So THAT'S why it's called Yellowstone...

Sufer is yellow. Sulfur is a stone. Sulfur is from volcanoes. There is a volcano in Yellowstone national park. It hit me with a stroke of understanding, too. We are on an island (isola if you want to speak Italian) called Vulcano (Vool- CAN- O) and it is true to its name. It has this active volcano which is always spewing steam. But it STINKS! Despite that, I found a shiny stone which's name escapes me, some sulfur, and pumice. That is a very light stone which floats. It's cool!





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Sulfur mud pit?

Ummmm! Yummy!
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Calling home from Vulcano

With real brimstone all around.
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Approaching Vulcano

The southernmost of the Lipari Islands off Sicily. Look closely and you will see the smoke rising from the crater. Juno's first active volcano!
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Guess what I got started, all by myself!

Yeah, the outboard. Pretty awesome.
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Visiting Ciudadella

The old capital of Menorca.
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