Monthly Archives: February 2011

A few years ago I had this dream.  I dreamt of the most beautiful  place in the world.  There was a pristine mountain lake, some snow and some bright green grass.  Almond trees in bloom.  It was fairly spectacular.  In … Continue reading →

Some time in the night, between when I started charging my GPS and when I woke up in the morning, the screen cracked leaving only a third of it visible.  It was a good thing I wouldn’t be needing it. Day … Continue reading →

Current location:  Naples. Finito. A couple more posts will follow.

Day 64: Today I paddled to Pozzuoli. While at first the scenery wasn’t exciting, the weather has continued to be warm, sunny, and almost without wind. I passed a small orange hill that had a tunnel leading into it. There … Continue reading →

I had been warned.  In this part of Italy the people are not to be trusted.  They are bad people, I was told.  There are fights between crime families that leave headline casualties and people come here from all over … Continue reading →

day 60: On Wenesday I hung around some small town in the middle of nowhere.  There was the canal and I was waiting by it since it was a good place to wait.  I was using my computer, nerd stuff, but … Continue reading →

Dear Friends, I apologize for the recent dearth of posts.  Though I would like to blame my editor, since he puts up with it,* the reason is because my computer broke.  I think somebody may have stepped on it while … Continue reading →

The nearest place we could find for me to stay south of Ostia was Anzia.  Too far to make it on a Friday in time for the Sabbath so I stayed in Ostia.  I read that there was a synagogue … Continue reading →