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Friday, October 12th, Monfalcone, Italy
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Here we are in the
northern Adriatic, watching the leaves change colors and
the temperature drop. What has gotten into us, you
might ask. We've had a very full agenda since
leaving Croatia and I have not written a word about it.
I've come up with a plan to get it all down over the
next few days as we travel south towards Greece and
hopefully warmer weather. I'll post three separate
updates once we get there, detailing our travels since
my last real update on September 16th.
Leaving Croatia on
September 23rd, we sailed to Lignano, Italy. Marina
Uno is located a few hundred yards up a river, in the
forested, marshy region known as Friuli. We left
the boat there for a few days while we went inland.
An old high school friend from my days at St. Stephen's
in Rome, John Dodds, lives in Bergamo with his wife
Claudia and daughter (4) Susanna. We spent a few
days marveling at the beauty of Bergamo and the
immensity of the cathedral in Milan and enjoying their
hospitality and company.
Our trip over to Venice
was a cold, rainy motor, but we didn't mind it a bit.
Not only were we going to be able to explore this
famously beautiful, ancient city for a whole week, but
we were going to do so with our dear friends, Alison and
Holly Cunard. We had an amazing week of walking
and dinghying through the streets and canals of Venice,
reveling in the sights and catching up with our friends.
We shared the dock with Twice Eleven and made new
friends with Mark, Lola, Allegra and Orlando on Dark
Horse. We had dreamed of cruising to Venice for
years and we were finally here!
With much sadness we
said goodbye to Alison, Holly, our new friends on Dark
Horse, and to the unforgettable city of Venice. We
had a date to meet friends in Vienna, Austria, and the
weather forecast was only calling for 15 to 20 knots on
the nose for the sixty mile trip to Monfalcone where we
would leave the boat and catch the train north.
Fortunately, the first 6 hours were a fast easy motor in
little to no breeze. Unfortunately, the last 5
hours saw winds up to 25 or 30 knots, whipping up a
really nasty sea, and bringing cold rain with it.
We had the foresight to leave quite early so we did make
it to our destination with daylight to spare and not too
worse for the wear and tear. Vienna, Austria was
waiting and it was well worth our efforts.
Cruising friends from the amazing trimaran Pi2 who we
met in the Bahamas call the city their home. We
had talked about visiting for over a year and just
couldn't pass up the opportunity.
Off the overnight train
early this morning, back on the boat, cuddling with our
poor lonely kitty Hobie, and getting ready to dash off
again tomorrow, I'll have plenty of time to write up
these experiences while we are underway. We'll
either go all the way to Corfu or stop in Brindisi along
the way. I'm leaning towards stopping (a 375 mile
trip from here) but we'll see how it goes. We
should have some good wind, at least for the start of
the trip, so that will be a nice change from our last
couple of passages.
As always, we are eager
to hear all the news from home so take the time to write
us an update too! Have a great weekend.
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Many thanks to our friend Craig Homenko for his assistance in setting up the website.
We also would like
to thank our buddy Scott Brunner who has been kind
enough to host the website on his server.
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