Oh, how sweet. I touched some of you with my love of a gorgeous sculpture. I don't care how many times you've seen that sculpture in an art book, postcard, or in replication.. I bet the same feelings will rush over each of you when you see him in all his true grandeur under a beautiful bright white dome, standing all alone in this huge open space at the intersection of two wings in the Instituto d'Academia. Wow!
Well, Florence is a great city! I love the history and the vivacity, the fashion, the food the tall buildings, the presence of so many young university types, the river with its fish and otters.. yes, I spotted an otter. Hilary, I thought it was a beaver, but its tail was narrow.. definitely an otter. I actually saw three. Nice to see them outside of the zoo, ya know. But, now I leave Florence. I arranged my tickets so that I leave today around 2pm and stop in Pisa for the day to see the leaning tower, have a quick cappaccino and then hang out in a bar or train station until my 2:40am! departure to Nice. From Nice I change quickly onto a train for Marseille and then directly on to Aix en Provence where I will hopefully be greeted by the family for which I am babysitting this week. Then, on the following Sunday or Monday, I will have them drop me off in Apt, which is the central location for climbers who are cragging in Boux. I'll be camped there for at least two weeks, hitting the Verdon Gorge and Ceuse at some point. I don't know when I'll find another computer, so hang in there. I will be back in touch! Oh, another new twist in my plan is that I will probably be going to Germany from France to climb with Swen Schultz in Eichenstein...or something like that in Eastern Germany.. Now, it's not set, but I would love to see Germany and this guy is a great guy, a friend of Tim and Susan Wolfe. And he is a bold leader, which you have to be to climb in this area... so I've been told. You tie knotts and shove them into cracks and things. It's very traditional and only the strictest of climbing ethics prevail. Anyway, have a wonderful few weeks if I don't write until Germany...though, come on. I really doubt that will be the case, don't you. Gawd, I'm gonna miss you guys!! Bye.
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