2026–Turkey and Sicily

The winds have stopped, so we are headed out tomorrow. We will spend a couple of days at islands close to here that are a National Park now. Yesterday… me thinking hard TODAY.. I finished most of one of the side sun-screens. It’s nice to add a little of me…

When you are moored in the Med you often back your boat in…and are literally on a street. People wander by and look straight into the boat. (but, honestly, when we walk to Ola it’s impossible not to glance in and think “cool, a pot of mussels (cozze), or “really…

If this post makes you think all we are doing is eating and drinking — you are completely right!!!

We moved to a hotel that is the old American Admin building. Next door to the clinic (which I covered on weekends) and in front of the Navy Exchange where Max worked after he got out of the Navy. All changed but brings back memories.

There is a big wind storm headed our way, so the Catamaran is going to come meet us here (in “LaMadd) tomorrow. We will hunker down for a couple of days ( us in a hotel room!). This is a great spot to chill, so I think we will all…

We rented a car and drove to where we had our first date.. Again, surprising how wrong our memories were—nothing looked familiar, and it’s a park, so it certainly did not change. But the car lady recommended a beach, Spiaggia del Relitto. Walked through bushes.. Over the bridge To a…

We took a boat to the ship we worked on (USS Orion). This is the view of La MADD where we would get off the boat. The we would walk by this and stop at the Gelato shop. Which was TORN DOWN to make a pretty piazza. As well as…

It’s a journey to get here. But we both are so glad we came! It’s grown up some—more like a gangly adolescent. But still has the core feeling of La Madd.

It’s huge, it’s beautiful. The piazza is huge and definitely the place to take pictures. And it is attached to the first Galleria— enclosed shopping mall made in1887! Best people-watching ever! The pigeon thing is odd… you buy some grain and put it in your hand and then, surprisingly, you…