Some mixed pics

Yesterday we visited the wine yard Marsala Florio that produce different types of white and red wine, everything from sweet dessert wines to dry "almost" normal wines. They have a interesting history, they started to add alcohol to the normal wines to secure that the wine was in good condition when it was exported, this then became their signature way of producing their wines. the wine yard was heavily bombed during the second world war when the allies invaded Sicily 1943.

We had a guided tour, got to taste some wines and then it was time for the wine shop and as usual we ended up with some cases of bottles.

Today is the last day when we are all together, Jimmy and Linnea are flying home this afternoon and the rest of the crew are leaving on Sunday.

Today we have been scuba diving in ordinary Italian way, no licenses or questions asked and it was value for money in conjunction with professional instructors.

The trip out with the RIB was a good break from being on land to long. We had big fun and it was a good excursion. Tomorrow is the last full day for Jimmy and Linnea so we are planning to visit a wine yard before they have to fly home.

Beach mode

Midsummer Lunch

Midsummer lunch was for once in a while conducted in nice temperatures and "paltkoma" took place afterwards as normal.

During the evening we did a Sicilian BBQ with some really nice steaks, garlic/olive oil bread and some nice salad, life is good. The tools were not Weber tools but you take what you have, in this case a wrench.

Bernard, the campervan

Bernard (the campervan) has now after two moth of intensive use been put on the parking lot at the house for a 10 days of rest, it feels quite sad due to the service it has provided in a very good manner according to the age. Bernard felt a little bit lonely so we put the rental car (buss) close to Bernard and now he feels better and not lonely.

//Walle

Sicily 2011

Finally we are meeting up with Sofia and David on Sicily at Marzala Del Vallo on the west coast of Sicily. After half a day on airports and planes and then ~1 hour drive Ann and I meet up with our wonderful campervaners, hugs and kisses and ….. words can’t explain the feeling, it was just heaven.

At midnight Jimmy and Linnea came to another airport and we went and picked them up with our buss. So now we are one big happy family and we are very much missing Jonas and Veronica.

We got the keys to our Villa and reality wasn’t like the pictures but it will do just fine, at the beach and around 35 degrees with a slight breeze (thank God for that) so life is good.

Today it’s Midsummer Eve so we will have a traditional Swedish Midsummer lunch with herring, potatoes and some accessories, all brought with us in the suitcases.