2026–Turkey and Sicily

I gues it makes sense, we did live in Sardinia for 2 years. But coming back feels so comfortable. AND Catania has blossomed since we were here 2 years ago. The city “fathers” seem to have embraced tourism BIG TIME! Whole blocks of buildings have been cleaned…More streets are closed…

They say to train big animals you give them treats every time them move in the direction you want them to go. In Turkey they use chocolate. We were treated with a little box of chocolate when we got off of Turkish Airlines, every time we walked into our hotel…

It is really NOT fun to move Ola in windy weather. So when we meet Ola we buffer the arrival and departure dates. We arrive a couple of days early and have hotel reservations for a couple of days after they are “supposed” to drop us off. That gives them…

Sorry… after a day at the beach and pool I’m cheating…. I promise I will send resort pictures tomorrow. But here is a bit more of Istanbul! We think we are “so modern”. And then I walk into a museum and see these fabrics and tiles….. from 600AD. loveyou all…B

So the last two days we had no internet or cell service. The first night we were anchored in this cove. That is a ruin from the 400’s. We could just walk around it. That is Ola in the background. Then last night we were in this cove. We spent…

wrap up today and send it to each of you! Karen and Steve decided to go Mountain Biking, so after PE and a sea salt bath Max and I went into to town to see what groceries we could find. We docked the dinghy and walked over to Rosemary’s (where…

It’s a rainy day here… Turkey people love animals. We have heard that from all of our guides. There are pet ambulances in Istanbul and there health care is coverd by the government (as are people’s health care). They have a national program that spayeds the stray animals…And there are…

Today we are hanging in this cove. It is so beautiful and so peaceful! We are here an extra day because the stove stopped working. Luckily Steve can fix ANYTHING.. so we just chill and exercise and eat and nap! Here is Steve working: We don’t interrupt when he is…

Oh. It feels so good to be back on Ola and with Karen and Steve. You have all asked for pictures, so here they are! This is us waiting at the Municipal harbor for Steve. Our taxi driver almost lost his mind…he really thought we were going on a Cruise…

We are waiting in our hotel room. In 30 minutes a “transports car” will come to pick up our 4 suitcases , 2 carry-on bags and 3 bags of groceries to take us to a location that Steve and Karen are currently trying to find. They are in the dinghy……