The Island of Favignana, then our travels on to the Island of Pantelleria - July 30 - Aug 3, 2018 August 3rd 2018 After our enjoyable time checking out Erice and the salt pans of Trapani we were off to the island group of Egadi. If you have never heard of them, you aren’t alone as we hadn’t before we started researching this area to sail. It is made up the 3 major islands of Favignana, Marettimo and Levanzo. We planned on staying out in the islands two nights so we could have gone to two different isl ... read more
Europe » Italy » Sicily » Favignana Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more
Like so many others we love to travel and we love to sail so cruising makes a lot of sense. Janice has retired from Cornell as a business manager and Bob has retired from South Seneca school district as the high school principal. It's time to sell the house, get rid of whatever doesn't fit on our 40 foot Caliber LRC named Tsamaya (this means Travel Well in Setswana) and set off to see the world. Our reasons for publishing this blog is twofold, first to keep in touch with our friends and family and secondly to share our experiences. If you would like to receive notification when we have added ... full info