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Coastal swims along the eastern shore of Caprera island today. In this part of the national park fishing is not allowed and there's a speed limit of 3 miles. The underwater views were...
... ( impressive )
... ( impressive )
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... tomorrow :/
The main crossing! One of the trip's highlights!
What the travel intinerary neglects to mention:
( Swimming before getting out of bed, really :/ )
What the travel intinerary neglects to mention:
( Swimming before getting out of bed, really :/ )
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I did manage to upload more pics, but rl is happening, I has no time to play with my computer and post!
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It’s time to travel east to Isola Caprera - home of the General and politician Giuseppe Garibaldi. From here, we enjoy a stunning coastal swim (unnamed bays and beaches in the morning). Following lunch, we take a short walk to Batterie di Punta Rossa where you can explore the barracks and gun emplacements of this ancient fort. The afternoon is given over to a crossing and a full circumnavigation swim of Isola del Porco.
( We is actually swimming in open water from the boat! )
( We is actually swimming in open water from the boat! )
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This time of the year, my pools are closed.
(did I tell you about my odyssee in trying to find water to train in in September?)
So I figure I've gotta do something else to move a bit
Yes, I used to play pen-and-paper roleplaying games (very much miss that... but at my age I count myself lucky when I manage to phone a friend every other week, nevermind meeting up with several people...)
So, I didn't manage a 'daily workout challange', but I'm working on it!
I'm level 10 today!
(did I tell you about my odyssee in trying to find water to train in in September?)
So I figure I've gotta do something else to move a bit
Yes, I used to play pen-and-paper roleplaying games (very much miss that... but at my age I count myself lucky when I manage to phone a friend every other week, nevermind meeting up with several people...)
So, I didn't manage a 'daily workout challange', but I'm working on it!
I'm level 10 today!
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So, the plan was:
"We meet for a short walk to the sparkling waters of Punte Tegge for an acclimatisation swim, an optional technique advice & video session, focusing on open water technique and videoing your stroke both above and below water. This will then be reviewed later in the evening over drinks. After lunch and a chance to relax, we set off on an enchanting coastal swim from the tranquil bay of Cala Francese to Punte Tegge."
But... see prev. entry and the weather forecast...
This was the "tranquil bay of Cala Francese" on Sunday morning:
( alternate plan needed )
"We meet for a short walk to the sparkling waters of Punte Tegge for an acclimatisation swim, an optional technique advice & video session, focusing on open water technique and videoing your stroke both above and below water. This will then be reviewed later in the evening over drinks. After lunch and a chance to relax, we set off on an enchanting coastal swim from the tranquil bay of Cala Francese to Punte Tegge."
But... see prev. entry and the weather forecast...
This was the "tranquil bay of Cala Francese" on Sunday morning:
( alternate plan needed )
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Well, Day 1 is a bit of an overreach, the SwimTrek starts with meeting up in the late afternoon ;)
This is where we're swimtrekking!
But arriving at the hotel first!
( there are pics now! )
This is where we're swimtrekking!
But arriving at the hotel first!
( there are pics now! )
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Well, Day 1 is a bit of an overreach, the SwimTrek starts with meeting up in the late afternoon ;)
Arrival at the hotel first!
Main entrance
View when coming back by boat
*is unable to upload pics*
...
did I mention my internet access didn't get any better? Despite all the drama and fibreopic cable and everything?
*sigh*
maybe it'll work tomorrow...
Arrival at the hotel first!
Main entrance
View when coming back by boat
*is unable to upload pics*
...
did I mention my internet access didn't get any better? Despite all the drama and fibreopic cable and everything?
*sigh*
maybe it'll work tomorrow...
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... I took the ferry to the main island of the archipelago, La Maddalena, to spend the night at another campground.
Found out it's run by Germans (or at least German-speakers) that are very unfriendly, as are the people working there, but...
location location location
(it was so bad, they gave me a 10% off voucher for the restaurant, but I was not able to aquire food or drink there)
But I had a nice swim in the afternoon!
On the way there
I had noticed a dive shop sign... so I did some dives with them the next day! (they had no connections to the camp people, the diveshop just happened to be on the campground, I couldn't find out how that happened... but was v. glad! Exellent dives!)
From the campground it was only a 15 min drive back to town, and the hotel where us swimtrekkers stayed only a couple of min drive farther (about a 30 min walk). I checked in and...
... will tell you about Day 1 of the Swimtrek tomorrow ;)
Found out it's run by Germans (or at least German-speakers) that are very unfriendly, as are the people working there, but...
location location location
(it was so bad, they gave me a 10% off voucher for the restaurant, but I was not able to aquire food or drink there)
But I had a nice swim in the afternoon!
On the way there
I had noticed a dive shop sign... so I did some dives with them the next day! (they had no connections to the camp people, the diveshop just happened to be on the campground, I couldn't find out how that happened... but was v. glad! Exellent dives!)
From the campground it was only a 15 min drive back to town, and the hotel where us swimtrekkers stayed only a couple of min drive farther (about a 30 min walk). I checked in and...
... will tell you about Day 1 of the Swimtrek tomorrow ;)
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... and grey and wet and unpleasant...
... so of course our heating isn't working.
Technician did an emergency visit, determined what parts to order...
... and they'll be installed this week.
Time for old-school heating:
... nope, can't get the vid of my ... er... the German is Ofen, but it's not the cooking kind? Oven can't be right, Stove? ... to work... *grumbles and pokes teh interwebs*
... so of course our heating isn't working.
Technician did an emergency visit, determined what parts to order...
... and they'll be installed this week.
Time for old-school heating:
... nope, can't get the vid of my ... er... the German is Ofen, but it's not the cooking kind? Oven can't be right, Stove? ... to work... *grumbles and pokes teh interwebs*
... from the island's main harbour, Olbia, it's an hour's drive north to the nice little tourist harbour Palau where the ferries to the La Maddalena Archipelago (where the SwimTrek takes... water) embark.
I'd passed through last year, so I knew which campground I wanted, because... SEA! beach!
( moar pics ;) )
I'd passed through last year, so I knew which campground I wanted, because... SEA! beach!
( moar pics ;) )
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The next day was tunneling Switzerland ;) and driving through Italy to Genua.
Again I took my time, stopping for food and gas and random sights along the way. (Sorry to say I have no tunneling pics, was driving!)
It's funny how relieved I was when I was "back in EU", where they take my money!
In Genua the ferry terminals are fairly easy to find, you don't have to brave Italian city traffic (thank god). I remember, when I was a kid and did these kind or tours with my parents, one parent would stay with the car and the other one and I would go and explore the harbour and city around us...
... that's not possible any more. Security has changed. To enter the terminal area you have to show your ticket and id, the car gets marked for which ferry it's going on and you are not exactly gently directed to seperated waiting areas and divided up by length/weight of car. You can't go expore (well, you can try to find a bathroom in the maze of terminal buildings dividing the parking/waiting areas - good luck).
Boarding was at 7 (make SURE you remember how to find your car again!), so I dropped my overnight bag in my cabin and had dinner on deck while we left the harbour. Then sleep a real bed ;)
Arriving in Sardinia the next morning
... no swimming :/
Again I took my time, stopping for food and gas and random sights along the way. (Sorry to say I have no tunneling pics, was driving!)
It's funny how relieved I was when I was "back in EU", where they take my money!
In Genua the ferry terminals are fairly easy to find, you don't have to brave Italian city traffic (thank god). I remember, when I was a kid and did these kind or tours with my parents, one parent would stay with the car and the other one and I would go and explore the harbour and city around us...
... that's not possible any more. Security has changed. To enter the terminal area you have to show your ticket and id, the car gets marked for which ferry it's going on and you are not exactly gently directed to seperated waiting areas and divided up by length/weight of car. You can't go expore (well, you can try to find a bathroom in the maze of terminal buildings dividing the parking/waiting areas - good luck).
Boarding was at 7 (make SURE you remember how to find your car again!), so I dropped my overnight bag in my cabin and had dinner on deck while we left the harbour. Then sleep a real bed ;)
Arriving in Sardinia the next morning
... no swimming :/
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Next day was sleeping in, rambling about the lake aaand swimming!
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... I stopped at a nice little lake in Switzerland!
It's a 4 hour drive there, then another 4 hours to Genua and from there the overnight ferry to Sardinia.
Which is a really nice, de-stressing way to travel, it's possible to stop places, have nice food and look around and go swimming...
It's a 4 hour drive there, then another 4 hours to Genua and from there the overnight ferry to Sardinia.
Which is a really nice, de-stressing way to travel, it's possible to stop places, have nice food and look around and go swimming...
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So, I have 3 guinea pigs, 2 ladies and a castrated guy. This works very well, they are very social'herd' animals (insert long excures about guinea behaviour and harem structure and how early castrated males and late castrated males have different roles in their social structure, and the ladies... er, well, if you are interested, there are very good pages about that ;)
Anyway, my guy has been sickly for several years, I won't get into his health history, it'll rival anyone's elderly uncle's, and that week... he had reached his limit.
Thus far he always still 'wanted to live', was always cheerful and ate, even if eating was difficult and caused him pain.
But that Friday... he didn't any more. He also developed a suppurative discharge from his nose and... I couldn't leave my mother with a dying guinea. So I euthanised him and buried him in the back yard.
*sigh*
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Anyway, my guy has been sickly for several years, I won't get into his health history, it'll rival anyone's elderly uncle's, and that week... he had reached his limit.
Thus far he always still 'wanted to live', was always cheerful and ate, even if eating was difficult and caused him pain.
But that Friday... he didn't any more. He also developed a suppurative discharge from his nose and... I couldn't leave my mother with a dying guinea. So I euthanised him and buried him in the back yard.
*sigh*
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We can has telephone! And interwebs! And wifi! And emergency box! and doorbell! and camera!