6-Week TOUR February-23-05 to April 5-05
After a couple of days in Caiscais, where Sika's family kept an apartment to accommodate their 15-year-old daughter, Shirley, Sika, Joan and Mr. Barrett drove down to their home in The Algarve, in the south of Portugal. Though Joan wished for warmer weather, she never got it. Sika designs the silk used to make shoes and clothing at her home in The Algarve. Her tailor, _______________, from Holland helps Sika bring her designs to the real world.
2-23 to 3-1-05
Caiscais - Algarve
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3-1 to 3-5-05
Plane to Morocco Isabella Gold Vendor Plane Steward
MORE PHOTOS IN CASABLANCA with JOAN
March 5 - April 5, 2005 Sicily and Italy
Catania, Sicily, Italy
On our last stop in Sicily, before heading for the ferry from Messina to the Italian mainland, we hung out for a while with Argentinean guitarist, ANDRÉS LAPRIDAS, drummer, PUCCI NICOSIA and his wife Birgit.
Giovanni Mazzarino has a music school and his wife, Angela runs her family's shoe store, Paternico. They have two sons, Enrico and Frederico. Diva JC toured with Giovanni for 4 years, from 1994-1998.
DIVA JC and Giovanni made two CDs together in 1995 and 1996
(1995)
We had 3 great days of R&R at the Savoy Beach Hotel, a few kilometers from the site of the GREEK TEMPLES
The Dames met students and signed autographs
HIT TV with DJ TIN TIN on the SKY CHANNEL and on RADIO 97.5 with DJ MURA for two hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joan hung out with her good friend Alessandra and her sister
at Alexanderplatz where a Sicilian jazz band was performing
LA VILLA where American music is alive and well!
HOT DOG!
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After an aperitif at happy hour at a very pinkly decorated bar, I had Japanese food at a restaurant where all the Japanese people spoke perfect Italian. That was culture shock!
The next morning, I paid 90 Euro ($120) for the limo to the airport. Sheeeesh, they coulda called a cab.
