

| Subject: | Re: Off for 2 Months in Italy |
| From: | Jake de Villiers |
| Date: | Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:30:06 -0700 |
Have a great trip Malcolm! Like David, I wish you at least a little indecency in your travels but no untoward incidents. ;) Vana gon dios On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 3:11 AM, Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@yahoo.com>wrote: > Folks: We are in the final throws of packing for another "Trip of a > Lifetime". Sunday (27 June 2010), we plan to drive the van from Rabat north > to Tangier (Morocco). On the 28th we have tickets for a ferry eastward > across the Mediterranean to Genoa (Italy) (2 or 3 day trip). Then more > ferries south as we drive our camper-van through Corsica, Sardinia, & > Sicily. We them plan to take a ferry over to the Boot of Italy and work our > way back north. Not so sure how far we'll get as I, being retired, have no > temporal restraints, but my wife (Jamila) has to be back in Rabat for Sept > 1. She may either fly back from Rome, or we will drive on to Belgium where > I plan to leave the van (1989 Dehler Syncro 16) to be sold by Mike Plompen ( > busman.be), and then Jamila and I will both fly back to Rabat. > > We use Lonely Planet & Michelin maps to plan our trips, which include a > mixture of geological/archaeological sites, world heritage sites, museums, > art galleries, cathedrals, lovely 'gardens' on old estates, and some > plane-old pretty villages. If Jamila has her way, there will be a few > beautiful white sandy beaches too! > > This will be our first trip to Corsica, Sardinia, & Sicily. July and > August are the worst times to visit anywhere in Europe, but we are 'forced' > to go this time of year as it's Jamila's holiday time (along with 25 million > others). > > So let's hope that the vanagon gods will be willing to help this be an > indecent free trip. Lots of photos when I return. Malcolm & Jamila > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van' 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie' Crescent Beach, BC www.thebassspa.com www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
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