Back In Canada,

It is now more than a month that we are back from our Italian adventure. It feels like a dream at times; it is fun and highly rewarding looking at the images and remembering the people we have met.

Upon our return, we took the opportunity of the great summer weather and went sailing to “sleep off” our jetlag. Yeah, I know, sounds tough!

But it worked great! And our “recovery” was helped by enjoying the wineries around Waupoos.

However, although refreshed and eager to go to other places …. for the next while we will hold down our travel itch. No more big travel plans … for the next few weeks …). Following our initial “recovery” we concentrated on our boat projects (redoing the deck, done now: looks marvellous) and getting the house ready for the coming winter season. We are in the step-wise process of re-insulating the outside walls by removing the inner walls, having the spaces foamed up, and rebuilding the inside again. That should keep us busy for a while?

Nico and Nicole (Germany) will be coming next week for a 7 day stay. We very much look forward seeing them and to do some explorations around our area, Toronto, Ottawa … we will see. Ok, we have some “petite” travel plans.

Enclosed, images from our last trip – this time we "had to" escape from the smell of paint in the house.