{"id":7445,"date":"2017-08-13T16:58:42","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T16:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?p=7445"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:32:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:32:13","slug":"waiting-for-weather-in-ponza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?p=7445","title":{"rendered":"Waiting for weather in Ponza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We spent three week in Ponza waiting for sailing weather to cross the Tyrrhenian Sea back to Sardinia. \u00a0It was super hot the last week and there were lots of tourists on the island, but still a beautiful place to spend 3 weeks. \u00a0Here are some photos:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7450\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7450\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=7450\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7450\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7450\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7603-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7603.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7603-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7603-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7603-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking south along the east coast of Ponza Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7453\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7453\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=7453\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7453\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7453\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMGP1028-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMGP1028.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMGP1028-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMGP1028-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMGP1028-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cala Chiaia di Luna, Ponza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7457\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7457\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=7457\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7457\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7457\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7567-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7567.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7567-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7567-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7567-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7457\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ponza Town<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7460\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7460\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=7460\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7460\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7460\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7572-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7572-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7572-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7572-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ponza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7470\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7470\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=7470\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7470\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7470\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7582-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7582.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7582-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7582-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7582-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boats at anchor, Ponza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7473\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7473\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=7473\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7473\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7473\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMGP1043-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMGP1043.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMGP1043-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMGP1043-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMGP1043-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark at Ponza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7476\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7476\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=7476\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7476\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7476\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7560-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7560.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7560-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7560-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7560-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cala Chiaia di Luna, Ponza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7480\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7480\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=7480\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7480\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7480\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7610-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7610.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7610-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7610-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7610-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farm at Piano D&#8217;Incenso<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7486\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=7486\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7486\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7486\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7571-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7571.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7571-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7571-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7571-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ponza Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7490\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7490\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=7490\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7490\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7490\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMGP1036-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMGP1036.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMGP1036-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMGP1036-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMGP1036-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunset, Ponza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7495\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7495\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=7495\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7495\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7495\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7596-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7596.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7596-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7596-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7596-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Piano D&#8217;Incenso, Ponza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7497\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7497\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=7497\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7497\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7497\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMGP1045-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMGP1045.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMGP1045-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMGP1045-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMGP1045-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lighthouse at southern end of Ponza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7506\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7506\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=7506\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7506\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7506\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7638-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7638.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7638-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7638-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSCN7638-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This cute young guy and his girlfriend went around the island selling ice cream bars to the boats at anchor. Whenever we got his attention, we got two Magnum Classic bars. He got to know us well.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7512\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7512\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=7512\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7512\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7512\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMGP0958-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMGP0958.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMGP0958-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMGP0958-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMGP0958-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ponza town and harbor. We anchored mostly at Cala D&#8217;Inferno except we were chased around the island twice by wind shifts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We are now in Tunisia. \u00a0We will try to get the blog up to date soon.<\/p>\n<p>M. and L.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We spent three week in Ponza waiting for sailing weather to cross the Tyrrhenian Sea back to Sardinia. \u00a0It was super hot the last week and there were lots of tourists on the island, but still a beautiful place to spend 3 weeks. \u00a0Here are some photos: &nbsp; &nbsp; We are now in Tunisia. \u00a0We &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?p=7445\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Waiting for weather in Ponza&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-italy-2017"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}