Month: September 2023

We really liked Palinuro. We had pristine water for swimming, breeze at night for comfortable sleep, and shops nearby. A little bit of paradise…

Since there were no winds predicted we decided to hang out there, initially for 5 days, but then we extended it…

John set up all the water toys, so we swam, cooked and explored. John worked on his app and, as most of you know, had a successful job interview. He got the job offer just 2 days later!

Given the change of long-term plans, we headed back north, to Agropoli. Enjoyed time Liz and Peter again while here, and we’ll stay longer. On Friday I’ll leave by train to Rome to catch my flight to Argentina.

John will head to Fiumicino, where we contracted with a marina to dock Lady Cindy. But he will do so slowly, hopefully enjoying the Amalfi Coast, as there should be less people along side it, since the marina can take the boat on the 15th of October.

John then has an appointment on October 28th (first available we could find…) with a transport service in Calais to cross the channel which is one of the only ways the UK will accept Dotty back… (the other option is as cargo on a flight). To get to Calais John and Dotty will be on trains for about 17 hours… (the fast train from Milan to Paris is not running until November due to a land slide). And, of course, once in the UK, the traveling will continue until he reaches the final destination…

For my part, I’ll arrive in Argentina just in time for Jazmín’s (grand niece) 4th birthday. We’ll (mom, sister, niece and grand niece) attend the Messi Cirque du Soleil performance in October and I’ll depart just after my sister’s birthday.

We may not post for awhile after this, as we will both be busy…

Until next time, folks!

Before leaving Agropoli we had a wonderful dinner with our friends Liz and Peter at La Ruota in Perdifumo. Excellent company and meal.

There isn’t a picture of my face when I had the first bite of steak, but everyone commented on it (pure bliss!!). Good beef is not an easy find in Italy. Appropriately cooked, even less. This happened to be American beef perfectly medium rare. YUM

While in Agropoli, we entered a shop to get some sundries and we left with an inflatable flamingo… The back story: Several weeks ago we saw an inflatable flamingo on a boat and I kept teasing John asking why didn’t Lady Cindy have one? This store had a flamingo on display, and John, very sweetly, gifted me one. I’m a happy floater!

We got fresh fish yesterday morning and after swimming and floating on my flamingo we ate fish and chips (and our version of onion rings, scrumptious 😋).

This morning it was windy enough so we took off early. By noon we were at anchor, explored the caves, swam and we still have time to float and take the dinghy to the beach for a BBQ for dinner.

The water is cool and clear. There is some wind and temperatures in the high 20’s. What a wonderful life we lead!

We set out from Salerno a week ago with the intention of making progress South toward Sicily. We only got as far as crossing the bay to Agropoli 🤣. We were waylayed by good company and bad weather.

However, that’s one of the things we both love about this lifestyle; the freedom of not having to rush anywhere.

We initially stayed because we met Liz and Peter and enjoyed socializing with them. Then the weather (winds) hit and we hunkered down on LC. We were well protected, the anchor held, and we finished seasons 3&4 of the series we were watching 🤯. We also made a good dent on the refrigerated supplies we’d stocked up in Salerno (which was needed, since socializing meant eating out more than we normally do).

Now we’re getting ready to go out to dinner with Liz and Peter. Tomorrow we might move on… or not… 🤣