Lift In

Well Saturday May 2 was the day I was looking forward to. Lift in of Redi, my 1980 Tanzer 26. All went well and I came back the following day to check the boat, it was still afloat and no leaks around any fittings. We had the hole were the inboard used to be filled in, and the young lady who made the repair did a great job, thanks Christine.
I will be putting up the mast later this week, then its time to sail. Bellow are a few pictures of our lift in.

In Italy

It occured to me that we have not told zou everz daz ... so I start from the beginning

Julz 1...Rome
2 Sienna ... Palio
3 Montalcino...and Brunello wine
4 Cinque Terra and famous white wine
5Follinica
6 Rome
7 rest...sleep at pool...shop...nice supper
8 Sienna
9Massa Marittima...medieval mountain town
10 Florence ... Uffizi gallerz
11 Castiglione della Puscala...ancient castle ruins and medieval town
12 Pisa and tuscan pizza for supper
13 rest, swim, sleep at pool pack
14 drive to Venezia (Venice) for 6 hours...beeeeeautiful
15Venice special holidaz...amaying fireworks on the Grand Canal...and boat bridge
16Venice gondola ride and St Marco square...and Murano island
17 train ride to Austria 7 hours...amaying countrzside
18 Grosglockner...highest peak in Austria
19 Kitzbuhel
20 Salzburg...Helbrunn and Trick Fountain, Festung (castle fort), Salzburg river ride, Mozart birthplace museum, Domo (cathedral)....packed day from 6 a.m. till 12 30 a.m.
21 sleep in...rest daz and a Hiedi... Alpine picnic for supper on a high mountain pasture with little flowers everzwhere and a view to die for
22 Rattenberg...medieval village and glass and gold makers since 1400s
23 todaz...Innsbruck and Germanz

July 19 Austria

Wow...so much so quick...Italy is gone and Austria is here...the train ride was beautiful...we went through a tunnel that took 15 minutes and then an amazing long valley filled with vineyards, and fruit orchards...about 3 or 4 hours long. Venice was incredible and very beautiful...so neat to go on a gondola...we had a guitar and a gondola singer serenade us the whole way...

the y and the z are in the wrong spots on this kezboard, so substitute a y for a z because its reallz messing up mz tzping.

in venice we saw fireworks from St. Marco square and we stazed in a palace...just beside St. Marco square. We arrived in Venice about 5 exhausted from a verz long drive so we laid down for a rest...and a concert in our square filtered up into our open windows and we awoke to beautiful string quartet and singer. We went to Murano island and visited the St. Marco basilica which is so overwhelming.

It was hard to get used to Austria and saz goodbze to Italz...but now we are used to it...another language for me to conquer but Ralph is doing verz well Zesterdaz we went to Grosglockner mountain and glacier...the highest peak in the Austrian alps...we drove through a national park ...the road was built in 1935 ... as a public works project during the depression...it is beautiful and amaying and scarz with 36 hairpin turns and an altitude of about 3750 meters

We saw ibex and marmots called to each other their warning as we went by. Todaz is another rest daz...our feet are rather damaged...weäre going to Kitzbuhel todaz and Salzburg tomorrow.

I miss everzone at home...and we see lots of little dogs that I want to cuddle. Hugs to everzone. Till next time Kathleen

Leaving Italy

Hello all
We leave IL pelagone 4 am Sat for Venice then for Austria on Monday. We saw a coffee bar for sale in a small village just a hour from here what a great oppertunity but it was just the business had a great chat with the owner. Still havent found a cable for the camera I give up. You will see pics. when we get home. Every where we go we do not want to leave it is so bella. Driving is like driving in a computer game, gard rails on white line and when pasing a truck at 140 km he kind of swayed over into our lane just about lost the mirror or all of us into the gard rail very exciting.
Must go hope all is well.
Ralph

Second last day at il pelagone

Hello all

Well we have been having a great time here in Italy. The driving is like driveing in a computer game you dont know what comes up around the next corner, be on allert at all times. At night its crazy coming back from Firenze (Florence) the gaurd rails on the roads are right on the white lines so there is no shoulder and when you are pasing a truck you better hope he does not move into your lane as it hapened to me I though I was going to loose my mirror on the gaurd rail, at 140 km very exciting. Still am not able to upload pictures you can see them when we get back.

We leave for Venice at 4 am Sat. morning its a 6 hour drive. I hope all is well. Buy for now

Ralph