History, Friends, and Fair Winds in the Late Summer Mediterranean

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Ostia Antica and the Heat of August

Dervla, Vincenzo and Dominico

From Elba, we made our way to mainland Italy and met up with Mary’s cousin Dervla, whose address we had used for shipping some supplies. We enjoyed a wonderful afternoon visiting with Dervla, her husband Vincenzo, and their son Domenico.

We then continued along the coast and eventually booked into a marina not far from Rome at the end of August. Temperatures remained very hot, and much of the Italian population was out enjoying time on the water — a good moment for us to stop in a marina and run our air conditioning. Continue reading →