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Stopped overnight at that Swiss campground next to the nice lake, had a swim, next day drove down to Genova.
Heavy traffic, stop-and-go around Milano (seeing the Olymic traffic signs at Como and Milano exits made me smile), nothing serious. But I'm glad I break up the drive like that, less stress.

Genova, boarding, cabin. No wifi.
...
WTF? No wifi???
Talked to reception, nope, no wifi.
I NEED A BOOK! *SCRAMBLES BACK TO THE CADDY TO GET ONE* (made it just before they closed the garage for passage)

Arrived on Sardinia on Friday morning, the day before the SwimTrek started, because there is a nice outdoor market on Frday mornings in Palau.
Yes, there are the ubiquitous stalls selling junk, but also farmers with fruit and veg, locally grown cork and wood carvings, cheese and cured meats, pottery, fabrics...

( pics )

So, I'm a person who has close contact with all kinds of liquids... water, milk, mud, liquid manure, the works, so I have a waterproof mobile (and have dropped it into my bathtub when reading in the bath, as well as washing it with the dishes).

( But. )

(send from a campground in Switzerland)
((edit: ah, there's better wifi on the ferry))

Taking a leaf out of the anglophone playbook, I have decided to call Project Sumpter Mule to MiniCamper SMtMC

( *GRINS* )

Weekend plans:

- swim 5k
- turn sumpter mule into mini camper
- sort equipment
(have a new dry toilet! *is exited*)

... bin ich dem Teufel nochmal von der Schippe gesprungen

found this interesting post by https://jedusaur.tumblr.com/ :



link

Food for thought...

My crib and tree

( moar pics )

As people were walking back from the end-of-trek-celebratory-dinner, a thunderstorm arrived.
It passed very slowly and 'stood' over our part of the island most of the night...

... and our last swim was before breakfast *burrows under blankets*



( we could still see lightning over the main island when we got in the water )