Joy,

I pulled this out of my archives.  The header on my 'puter says
mwstebbins@yahoo.com

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
|Malcolm Stebbins
|Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 3:12 AM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Off for 2 Months in Italy
|
|Folks:  We are in the final throws of packing for another "Trip of a
|Lifetime".  Sunday (27 June 2010), we plan to drive the van from Rabat
|north to Tangier (Morocco).  On the 28th we have tickets for a ferry
|eastward across the Mediterranean to Genoa (Italy) (2 or 3 day trip).  Then
|more ferries south as we drive our camper-van through Corsica, Sardinia, &
|Sicily.  We them plan to take a ferry over to the Boot of Italy and work
|our way back north.  Not so sure how far we'll get as I, being retired,
|have no  temporal restraints, but my wife (Jamila) has to be back in Rabat
|for Sept 1.  She may either fly back from Rome, or we will drive on to
|Belgium where I plan to leave the van (1989 Dehler Syncro 16) to be sold by
|Mike Plompen (busman.be), and then Jamila and I will both fly back to
|Rabat.
|
|We use Lonely Planet & Michelin maps to plan our trips, which include a
|mixture of geological/archaeological sites, world heritage sites, museums,
|art galleries, cathedrals, lovely 'gardens' on old estates, and some plane-
|old pretty villages.  If Jamila has her way, there will be a few beautiful
|white sandy beaches too!
|
|This will be our first trip to Corsica, Sardinia, & Sicily.  July and
|August are the worst times to visit anywhere in Europe, but we are 'forced'
|to go this time of year as it's Jamila's holiday time (along with 25
|million others).
|
|So let's hope that the vanagon gods will be willing to help this be an
|indecent free trip.  Lots of photos when I return.   Malcolm & Jamila