Our visit on Elba is over, and we're on our way home to Venice now. I went for a short paddle yesterday, at Cavoli on the south coast of Elba, in the largest of my new kayaks for Venice Kayak. I just went a few kilometres down the rocky coast, explored a small marine cave, passed [...]...

We're on the island of Elba now. Venice Kayak had three kayaks from Sea Kayak Design delivered there quite some time ago, with the intent of picking them up there some time ago, but nothing went as planned and we only managed to get here now. The kayaks have been in care of Gaudenzio Coltelli who [...]...

We went to see the fireworks in Venice on Saturday evening, for the Redentore Feast. I have never seen the city so crowded, and Venice is often crowded, but the fireworks were simply spectacular. It was absolutely the greatest firework display I have ever seen, and it went on for well over half an hour. [...]...

Tonight is the night of the Redentore feast here in Venice. We'll take the bus to the city, where we'll meet my friend Marco and some of his friends on a sail boat to watch the fireworks. We've never seen the Redentore feast before, so its probably going to be quite interesting. It is one of [...]...

So, the miracle has happened. The parcel sent from Barisardo in Sardinia in October last year has finally been delivered to my in-laws in Palermo, after over eight months in postal limbo. From what I hear, the content was rather smelly, so the washing machine has been working in overdrive since the parcel's arrival. It'll [...]...