Troglodyte Living in Matera
05/04/18 – 07/04/17 Matera; a city soon to be European Capital of Culture (poor Plovdiv is sharing the accolade in 2019 but seems likely to be overshadowed), famed for it’s… Read more »
Category: Countries
A Brief Trip to Some More Greek Ruins
05/04/18 We left our sosta by the sea and headed along the comfortable main road – the SS106 – on our way to Matera. Following our trip to Paestum we… Read more »
A Chorus of Frogs and Owls
04/04/18 When we got on our bikes the following morning it was with the intention of heading east and exploring the nearby WWF nature reserve. But first of all we… Read more »
In Search of Gas
03/04/18 Today didn’t go exactly to plan. We drove to Camigliatello Silano during the morning expecting to have at least one night here to do some further walking, but when… Read more »
Buona Pasqua! Buona Pasquetta!
01/04/18 – 02/04/18 We settled into our campsite at Lago Arvo waiting for the predicted snow to arrive. The temperature got gradually colder and the snow started to fall in… Read more »
Black Squirrels in La Sila
30/03/18 – 31/03/18 It might seem like we’re doing the Hokey-Cokey with our regular alternation between coast and inland. It was time to put our left leg in and move… Read more »
Stuck on a Rock
29/03/18 Our next stop was Le Castella, known – strangely enough – for it’s castle that sits on a spur of land connected to the mainland by a narrow land… Read more »
Seahorses and Sunshine
28/03/18 It’s was a first for us. We had completely forgotten what we did on this day. Normally we keep a diary of the events of each day. Nothing over… Read more »
A Small Town with a Big Cathederal
26/03/18 – 27/03/18 After being on the coast for a while we decided to head inland. The town of Gerace was chosen mostly because of it’s location rather than any… Read more »
The Disappearing Roads of Bruzzano
24/03/18 – 25/03/18 We had ended up here – near the village of Canalello and Ferruzzano station – unexpectedly so we had no plans and knew nothing about the area…. Read more »
Snow Forces a Rethink
23/03/18 After the rainy days stuck in the campsite we were keen to get out and about. Our aim was to head to Gambarie, a key town in the Aspromonte… Read more »
All Hands to the Dumps
20/03/18 – 22/03/18 It had been some time since we last did any washing. Our washing bag was filled to bursting and we hadn’t come across any convenient self service… Read more »
Not Only Onions in Tropea
19/03/18 As we drove into Tropea, passing a number of vegetable selling stalls on the side of the road, I finally remembered why I recognised the name. We had recently… Read more »
Two Churches but no Ice Cream!
18/03/18 Visiting a famous monastery and church on a Sunday was probably not a good idea. Especially on a sunday leading up to Easter. Our poor excuse was that we… Read more »
Low Bridges and an Irish Victory
16/03/18 – 17/03/18 After our detour inland we drove back to the coast, picking up on our original intended route. This time we were heading for a long stretch of… Read more »
A Serendipitous Stop
15/03/18 From Maratea we were unable to continue along the coast due to road closures. So we decided to head inland. We could see on the map that the road… Read more »
The Heavens Opened
14/03/18 The Basilicata coast has been compared to the Amalfi coast in our guide book. Is it comparable? We don’t know yet because our trip to the Amalfi coast was… Read more »
Appraise my Donkey
13/03/18 The name of this post refers to the coast path that we walked on this day – Apprezzami l’Asino. The apocryphal story being that the path is so narrow,… Read more »
Finding Sostas in the Mountains
11/03/18 – 12/03/18 Apologies for the lack of photos. One thing we have learned from our time in Italy is that free motorhome facilities are generally found inland. So when… Read more »
A Walk and Two Doughnuts
10/03/18 We stayed in Marina di Camerota for two very different nights. On Friday night we were joined by a couple of Italian motorhomes in the big carpark behind the… Read more »