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There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
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I can't imagine driving a manual on all those hilly and winding roads.
Again more stunning views. I would love to see this in person. It just looks like pardise for the eyes.
Every photo is like a postcard. Love it!
As far as my painting, I'd say it's more generic than anything else as I can't necessarily pick out anything from your photos that's a direct link. It's basically white/creamy colored buildings wiht the orange ish roofs on the hillside with the coast jagging in and out. Spotty boats in the water, which is a deep, gorgeous blue. I suppose it could be anywhere in Italy, but it said Amalfi coast and that's what I'm gonna believe!!
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As far as my painting, I'd say it's more generic than anything else as I can't necessarily pick out anything from your photos that's a direct link. It's basically white/creamy colored buildings wiht the orange ish roofs on the hillside with the coast jagging in and out. Spotty boats in the water, which is a deep, gorgeous blue. I suppose it could be anywhere in Italy, but it said Amalfi coast and that's what I'm gonna believe!!
It sounds beautiful. You'll have to post a photo of it or email me one (happy to let you have my email address if that works better) as I'd love to see it.
Tell Mark I am VERY impressed that he drove that in a manual! I used to drive only manuals, until we had kids and moved to automatic (needed a free hand for handing stuff back to the backseat!). Not sure I would ever attempt that road in a manual. Glad he did, though!!
In an Manual??? WOW!! there is NO WAY : -- automatic or it isn't happening...
Don't forget - the one thing I will say is that Mark's used to driving a manual, as his van's manual. The car, which is the only thing I drive, is automatic, so I wouldn't do well with a manual at all.
Tell Mark I am VERY impressed that he drove that in a manual! I used to drive only manuals, until we had kids and moved to automatic (needed a free hand for handing stuff back to the backseat!). Not sure I would ever attempt that road in a manual. Glad he did, though!!
Mark stopped at one point, so that I could get some photos of this area with my new camera.
This is Naples itself across the bay that I’ve zoomed in on.
Then we stopped at the same lookout area we’d stopped at the day before, but this time, I had a much bigger lens to capture everything happening down beneath us!
Soon we were heading into Sorrento itself…
Well I know there’s a Naples in Florida… now it turns out there’s a Florida in Sorrento..
… and through some lovely tree lined streets. This one was supposed to be one way, but wouldn’t you know it, an insane moped driver was coming the wrong way up it towards us…
We literally rounded a corner, saw this…
… and both said in unison “I recognise this”. Sure enough, we were in the main square of Sorrento, which we’d visited on our excursion from our Disney cruise back in 2007. Wow, it brought back some good, and some not-so-good memories, as Sorrento hadn’t been a favourite back then for us, after the appalling hydrofoil journey that had made so many people sick (Mark included ).
Now we needed to find a car park. Mark programmed the GPS, and it found us one, so off we went, having to reverse up to a turning in the main square, which was interesting, as a bus was coming towards us.
We passed through some lovely streets…
… then we realised where it was taking us – down to the port, where we’d arrived from the hydrofoil all those years ago. Sure enough, we were right, and we had to negotiate a hairpin bend. A moped was coming towards us, so no problem – we’d easily get past, right? Of course not. He hogged most of the road, and made it nice and difficult for us.
That zoom is absolutely crazy! It must feel like magic being able to see all that detail so far away. Comparing the photos of the beach with your old camera to these it really drives it home. And the ones of Naples look like they were taken from a boat just off-shore. Hooray for Mark navigating those streets and drivers. I have no idea how we did this years ago without GPS.
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