Epiblogue
I am just writing to round out this account of our cruise. We are now home safe and sound. We had three days of sightseeing around
and in Rome. We literally walked
our feet off, but enjoyed the city very much. Besides the usual sights we also learned about some new
neighbourhoods which was very interesting. We stayed two nights in the centre of Rome. It was a most unusual hotel, being part
of an old palace. We had a tiny
but amazingly decorated room and were right in the middle of everything.
On Tuesday afternoon we got back to the boat and moved it to the marina
where we had booked her in to stay for the rest of July and August. It was a most unusual experience. As usual I tried to call the marina up
on the radio, but had no idea what channel they used and could get no reply. As we got in we were waved onto a
pontoon, so that seemed good.
However once there the person who directed us had no knowledge of us or
our reservation. It turned out
that in this tiny harbour of only 5 pontoons and a couple of walls, there are
two organisations allotting berths.
The one we originally went to was run by the local sailing club whereas
we had booked in with the local co-op.
Eventually after two more moves we settled in a nice berth on a secure
pontoon with water and electricity.
The only problem has been that almost no one here speaks English! We managed mainly on listening to lots
of Italian and using a lot of sign language. On Wednesday we did finally find someone who spoke some
English, so we organised signing in and how to pay.
The boat is now all tucked up and we will return at the beginning of
September. I shall be in touch
then. We hope you all have a good
summer.
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