Great!  Glad all was well.  About as you were hoping.  Looking forward to
see the pictures with stories attached, hopefully.  I was interested to know
the prices of the ferry rides individually, because I would be hoping to go
over to Corsica myself and Sardinia.
As a side question; is it worth going over to Marokko for about a week?
Zoltan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Malcolm Stebbins" <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 4:39 AM
Subject: Trip Report: Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily

> We have now safely returned from our 2 month trip through Corsica,
> Sardinia, and
> Sicily.
>
>
> In short, we found Corsica to be wonderful with its mountains, small
> villages
> that look just the way old France 'should' look, and of course the great
> beaches.
>
>
> Sardinia was a bit of a let down, but then we spent more time on it's
> touristy
> coast, and less time inland in the hills.
>
> Sicily was a mixed bag:  There is SO much obnoxious smoking, and they have
> embraced the modern diet of ice cream, fries and pizza to such an extent
> that
> many of the people are obese.  Sicilians are LOUD and boisterous people
> who
> throw their candy wrappers and drink containers in  the street to the
> extent
> that the streets are filled with litter and dog owners let their dogs
> defecate
> on the sidewalks.  Oh yes, graffiti on many walls.  Having said that,
> Sicilians
> were helpful when asked, and the Cathedrals and archeological sites were
> marvelous.
>
> We spend 8 weeks in all on the 3 islands, and then rather than drive back
> up
> through mainland Italy, we decided to take a ferry from Sicily up to
> Genoa, and
> we drove nearly straight north to Brussels where we left the van with
> Mike
> Plompen to be sold.  Then after a few days visiting Jamila's brother in
> Amsterdam, we flew back here to Rabat.
>
> Vanagon content:  We had a wheel bearing go bad in Sicily, but other than
> that
> the van worked fine and the Bostig Ford Zetec engine is a dream to  drive,
> but
> still underpowered for a Syncro camper.  4,000 kms in the islands, and
> then
> another 1,000 kms to Brussels.  Total cost was about $6,500 plus about
> $3,000
> for all of the ferries (Tangier to Genoa, Genoa to Bastia, Bonifacio to
> Santa
> Teresa, Calgari to Naples, Naples to Palermo, Palermo to Genoa) plus about
> $500
> to  fly back from Brussels to Rabat.  All in all, about $10,000 give or
> take.
> Not all  bad for 9 or so weeks.
>
> I'll work on the trip photos and when I get them posted, I'll send a note
> to the
> list.  Malcolm & Jamila

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