{"id":4485,"date":"2020-01-04T10:26:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T15:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?page_id=4485"},"modified":"2020-01-04T18:14:05","modified_gmt":"2020-01-04T23:14:05","slug":"winter-2020-travels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/winter-2020-travels\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 End of Year in Naples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joan&#8217;s family is large and close. Her father Herm and his sister Sylvia Ichel (nee Dreskin), both blessed memories, have families that visit and correspond often. Andy Ichel, Joan&#8217;s cousin, and his wife Bronia worked abroad for many years, giving us the opportunity to visit them in the Netherlands during our river boat trip that we shared with thousands of tulips in Keukenhof.<\/p>\n<p>Andy and Bronia have returned to the states and live much closer to us in Naples FL.\u00a0 We were fortunate to visit them in December 2019. Andy and Bronia prepared a wonderful lunch based on salmon, Joan&#8217;s favorite.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4485 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/may-2019-visit-the-us-in-winnie\/20191231-ichels-20191231-iphoneimg_5158\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231-Ichels-20191231-iphoneIMG_5158-300x237.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231-Ichels-20191231-iphoneIMG_5158-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231-Ichels-20191231-iphoneIMG_5158-1024x809.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231-Ichels-20191231-iphoneIMG_5158.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4467'>\n\t\t\t\tBronia standing in front of some of her many beautiful paintings in her home.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/winter-2020-travels\/20191231_naples_with_the_ichels9_0001\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels9_0001-300x221.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels9_0001-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels9_0001-1024x756.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels9_0001.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4540'>\n\t\t\t\tAndy and Stu chatting before lunch.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Andy leads an informal music group that gets together to play the guitar, banjo and harmonica. We joined Bronia for a few minutes of one of their rehearsals. They clearly enjoy their music, as we did.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 480px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-4485-1\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/201912-Bronia-and-Andy2.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/201912-Bronia-and-Andy2.mp4\">https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/201912-Bronia-and-Andy2.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-4485 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/winter-2020-travels\/20191231_naples_with_the_ichels10_0001\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels10_0001-214x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels10_0001-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels10_0001-732x1024.jpg 732w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels10_0001.jpg 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/winter-2020-travels\/20191231_naples_with_the_ichels8_0001\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels8_0001-200x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels8_0001-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels8_0001-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels8_0001.jpg 733w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/winter-2020-travels\/20191231_naples_with_the_ichels3_0002\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels3_0002-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels3_0002-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels3_0002-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels3_0002.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/winter-2020-travels\/20191231_naples_with_the_ichels3_0003\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels3_0003-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels3_0003-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels3_0003-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels3_0003.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It is nice to see a group enjoy their talents and friendship as these neighbors do.<\/p>\n<p>Bronia is an accomplished visual artist. Her vibrant art excites the eye and her exuberance is uplifting. We visited her studio, a few minutes from their home, and enjoyed the exhibit she was preparing for an upcoming show. She shares her studio with another artist who is exhibiting large glazed bowls and plates.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-4485 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/may-2019-visit-the-us-in-winnie\/20191231-ichels-20191231-iphoneimg_5163\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231-Ichels-20191231-iphoneIMG_5163-207x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231-Ichels-20191231-iphoneIMG_5163-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231-Ichels-20191231-iphoneIMG_5163-707x1024.jpg 707w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231-Ichels-20191231-iphoneIMG_5163.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/winter-2020-travels\/20191231_naples_with_the_ichels9_0002\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels9_0002-200x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-4541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels9_0002-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels9_0002-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels9_0002.jpg 733w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-4541'>\n\t\t\t\tBronia in her studio\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/winter-2020-travels\/olympus-digital-camera-118\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/201912-Bronia-and-Andy3-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/201912-Bronia-and-Andy3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/201912-Bronia-and-Andy3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/201912-Bronia-and-Andy3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/201912-Bronia-and-Andy3-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/winter-2020-travels\/20191231_naples_with_the_ichels_0007\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels_0007-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels_0007-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels_0007-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels_0007.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-4485 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/winter-2020-travels\/20191231_naples_with_the_ichels2_0003\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels2_0003-300x190.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-4520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels2_0003-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels2_0003-1024x648.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels2_0003.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-4520'>\n\t\t\t\tJoan and Stu visualizing the scene that inspired this painting.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/winter-2020-travels\/20191231_naples_with_the_ichels2_0002\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels2_0002-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels2_0002-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels2_0002-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20191231_naples_with_the_Ichels2_0002.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joan&#8217;s family is large and close. Her father Herm and his sister Sylvia Ichel (nee Dreskin), both blessed memories, have families that visit and correspond often. Andy Ichel, Joan&#8217;s cousin, and his wife Bronia worked abroad for many years, giving us the opportunity to visit them in the Netherlands during our river boat trip that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/winter-2020-travels\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2019 End of Year in Naples<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":4534,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4485","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4485"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4544,"href":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4485\/revisions\/4544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}