Goodbye Indy

So here we are. Our last morning on the boat. We returned from Vienna late Thursday night after a very long day of traveling. Up at 4am in Vienna to catch a quick flight to Rome. Then 6 hours to kill before our train. We were actually looking forward to more time in Rome but poor sleep made us a bit grumpy and we just wanted to get to the boat. But then had a 9 hour train ride ahead of us. We kept thinking how we could have flown to Seattle in the amount of time it took (19 hours) for us to travel those 600 or so miles. But we finally made it and have spent the past 2 days trying to organize, pack, clean and stow away. And we have some heavy bags. Poor Mike was the one to haul them down the ladder so we could weigh them. On his second trip he was halfway down the steel ladder when the ladder actually starting to bow in the middle. He held on and rode part of the way down and then had to scramble to the ground with a 70+ pound bag in his hand. After some re-packing to take out some weight we are hopeful that our bags will be allowed on the plane!
Yesterday we both felt a bit sad with the thought of saying good bye to Indy and ending this adventure. But this morning has brought on the excitement of being home tomorrow. In just a few minutes from now we head back to the train station for another ride to Rome. Then tomorrow morning catch our plane that will take us back to Seattle. All right, gotta run! We can't wait to see you all very soon!

Vienna

A very cold and wet walk through the Viennese woods

Mike, John and Traudi

Another gorgeous walk

The Blue Danube

Amazing Venice!

Basilica di San Marco

A super cool clock

Moody sky before the rain

The Grand Canal

Moonrise on Murano

Piazza San Marco beginning to flood

The colorful homes of Burano

Another leaning tower

Nasch and Steve

The local wine bar

Day Tripping in Tuscanny

Lovely Lucca

A 'Slow Food Market' in San Miniato

Volterra

Barbialla Nuova

We met up with our friend Steve and his girlfriend Nasch in Florence. And then headed to our farm retreat in Tuscanny. It was a week of exploring the local towns, taking walks, sleeping, cooking, sitting next to the fire and playing with the farm animals. It was heavenly. Hope to return again some day.

Brentina East