Graptolite - Another Leg
Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Wed 27 Oct 2010 22:16
I had a couple of weeks of driving between hotels in Brussels, Dortmund,
Hamelin and Berlin during early October. Then it was back out to the boat in
Brindisi for a couple of days to try to get some electrical repairs done.
Connecting flight limitations made it sensible for me to meet H in Rome last
weekend. We stayed in the Fontana Hotel with a close-up view of the Trevi
Fountain. It was possible to throw coins into the fountain from the room
window but with some risk of hitting the crowd of tourists below. We also
went to the Sistine Chapel. The throwing of coins, and indeed most
everything else, is frowned on there though.
On Saturday morning we stocked up on local wines, cheeses and meats and
sailed out of Brindisi harbour heading northwest along the Puglia coast. 200
miles later, it is now Monday evening and we are in Pescara, about half way
up the Italian leg on the Adriatic coast. The weather en-route was mostly
favourable if a bit cold at night. The mountains behind Pescara have a
capping of snow to prove it. H has gone back to work somewhere.
M