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We traveled by train from Rome to see the southwest coast of Italy and venture in to Sicily for a few days.\u00a0 We expected the breathtaking show along the coast, but were surprised with a show of engineering genius at the tip of the boot. When the train meets the water, it is broken into pieces, and then loaded onto a ferry.\u00a0 On the far side, in Messina, the inverse happens. Here is Cindy, at the end of our Sicily adventure, waiting for the train back to Italy. The station was endearingly quaint and the light was so perfect on my angel.<\/p>\n
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“Taormina Train”<\/h2>\n
Watercolor by John McLaren
June 2020
Framed, 13×18
Not for Sale<\/p>\n
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The PAPA Gallery Featured Artist Exhibit<\/h2>\nJuly 2022<\/h2>\n
Visit the PAPA Gallery<\/a> this month to purchase one, and find more paintings to love.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“Taormina Train” We traveled by train from Rome to see the southwest coast of Italy and venture in to Sicily for a few days.\u00a0 We expected the breathtaking show along the coast, but were surprised with a show of engineering genius at the tip of the boot. When the train meets the water, it is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\n
\"teaksouls\" is a word that John and Cindy coined to represent themselves as they moved aboard their live-aboard sailboat loaded with teak (their dream from the start of their togetherness). Many boats have teak soles (floors), but theirs had the two of them, and they both love teak, so .... there you go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
teaksouls.com began as the story of the adventure of John and Cindy aboard Alexandra, their Slocum 43 sailboat that became their home for a ten year stretch. If you are interested in what life aboard a sailboat is like, visit the original teaksouls.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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