Uneventful trip from Dorset to Pisa; supermarket stop on the way and we were set for an evening “in” after a delicious meal of bread, cheese, wine, fruit, olives, etc. on our terrace.
What a lovely villa … At the tail end of a very steep driveway overlooking a valley and hills. We have red roses and cypress!
One of my favourite places … Sherborne and Sherborne Abbey
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The Dorset countryside…
Then crazy good times with family ..
Having a great time catching up with family and seeing and eating as much as we can!
With Jack and Olllie in Taunton.
With Lucy, Chris, tom, and Doris at the Wise Man.
Having a deliciously good time with my family here…
And some sightseeing too …
The Smith Arms
(formerly smallest pub in England)
Corfe Castle
Salisbury Cathedral with its beautiful contemporary font.
Our last port of call was Cozumel, and I was as disenchanted with it this time (third time around) as before. Oh well!
A few pics of the gang before we all went our separate ways and who knows when we’ll all be together again. It was fun!
The gang congregated pre-cruise along with Wanda and Bob for dinner at Outback in Tampa.
June & Sid arrived from the UK on Thursday evening; Betty, Marilyn & Dave on Friday
; Moira & ray on Saturday ……..
I’ve been working on uploading our pictures from Viet Nam and my mind wandered to Rebecca and Dade, the couple we met a year ago in Puerto Montt, and who inspired me to start this blog. I have her blog bookmarked and thought I’d check in to see what trips they’ve been on, and was surprised to see none listed from Jan ’11 (when we met) until Dec ’11. I clicked on it and saw Katmandu and was thinking to myself – you lucky devils – when I found, reading it, that Dade was obviously alone and he was there on a mission – to spread Rebecca’s ashes! They mentioned that she’d had a bout with melanoma, and was carefully protecting herself from the sun, but ….
So I googled Rebecca Garrison-Sokoloff and found her obituary. She died November 13, 2011 – 34 years old! my God! I also found her facebook page and discovered this picture (which we’ve never seen before)
taken by either Dade or Rebecca from their balcony – coincidentally a deck or two above ours.
Here’s a picture of Rebecca, drinking a pisco sour (we both had one or two!) taken in the restaurant in Puerto Varas (lifted from her blog)
Our time here in WA is drawing nigh and tomorrow we will be up, up and away back to New England. We’ve had lots of cuddles, kisses and slobbers! And best of all saw Greyson crawl for the first time on 12/6 – now here’s no stopping him!
We arrived at 8pm (11 EST) and after a quick debrief, Kat and Ian left to go to their 3 night/2 day event. We’ve had busy days visiting the library, local playground, and Ikea.
Another gorgeous day to spend at the kids’ hockey games and then out into the countryside – not too far from the city. We’re considering the beach for tomorrow!
We’re back in Amsterdam (staying with our friends) and enjoying the most glorious Indian summer weather – yesterday while out on a walking tour of the city 4 hours), it was on the verge of being too hot!!! No complaints though, as today we are taking their convertible and cruising around the countryside a little. We’ve had enough of cities for a while, as intriguing and interesting as they’ve all been.
We took bikes on the ferry and rode them into the city …. Bicycles EVERYWHERE!!!
A quick visit into downtown Portland, OR on a brisk, but sunny Saturday. As I imagined, it’s an interesting city and I look forward to visiting again .. with Dennis.
Meanwhile, the intention of the visit is to spend time with Kat, Ian and the GGkids.
