A Mystery Solved
09/03/18 We had spent the night parked outside the archaeological site of Velia-Elea (Velia – the Roman name, Elea the earlier Greek name), another Magna Graecia settlement. A brief walk… Read more »
09/03/18 We had spent the night parked outside the archaeological site of Velia-Elea (Velia – the Roman name, Elea the earlier Greek name), another Magna Graecia settlement. A brief walk… Read more »
07/03/18 – 08/03/18 We drove down the road to Agropoli, the same road we had driven the day before in the other direction. A parking spot close to the coast… Read more »
05/03/18 – 06/03/18 When we got to Termoli we had decided to slow down and travel through Puglia, Basilicata and Calabria (roughly in that order) before heading north again. But… Read more »
02/03/18 – 04/03/18 We left Livigno pleased with ourselves for having survived the cold and happy that we’d managed to get some skiing in. During the cold nights we had… Read more »
24/02/18 – 01/02/18 We enjoyed our time in Livigno skiing, it’s a resort that is mostly wide red runs which suits us down to the ground as we don’t like… Read more »
22/02/18 – 23/02/18 As we got closer to our chosen ski resort of Livigno we were watching the weather closely. Two reasons, firstly we needed to choose a route that… Read more »
20/02/18 – 21/02/18 When Aaron was at school I remember him doing a Geography project about the plains of Italy. The plains which stretch across the north of Italy, south… Read more »
18/02/18 – 19/02/18 The weather was still pretty dreary so we don’t feel like doing anything active. We decide to start our journey north for some skiing and pick the… Read more »
17/02/18 It was a mystery. We were on our way to the mountains and stopped at a fuel station to fill up with Diesel only to find that we had… Read more »
16/02/18 After Vesuvius we migrated north east through Caserta, a town strung along a main road lined with relatively affluent showrooms and stores. Our parking spot was towards the western… Read more »
15/02/18 Snow had been falling on Bertie on Valentine’s evening. Fat flakes that hadn’t settled on the road but had frosted the trees. We didn’t know what Vesuvius summit would… Read more »
13/02/18 – 14/02/18 Oour plans to walk on Vesuvius were being delayed for a couple of days due to a rainy weather forecast. We couldn’t decide how to spend the… Read more »
11/02/18 – 12/02/18 We spent Sunday driving down to Pompei (the town) where were due to visit Pompeii (the ancient city). Our route took us initially through pleasant agricultural landscapes,… Read more »
10/02/18 While in Campodimele we decided that we would drive down to Naples before heading north again for some skiing. We weren’t sure what we would do after skiing so… Read more »
07/02/18 – 08/02/18 After Rome Paul decreed that he couldn’t cope with any more ‘Old Sh*t’ and needed to detox. So it was time to find somewhere we could walk… Read more »
04/02/18 While we were travelling Europe it seemed an ideal opportunity to watch England play a six nations match in Italy. Why Italy? Well firstly because it’s easy to get… Read more »
03/02/18 – 06/02/18 Rome has won the prize for the most overwhelming location we have visited so far. I don’t think either of us had really been prepared for a… Read more »
01/02/18 – 02/02/18 With apologies in advance to bloggers Paul and Michele of Our Leap of Faith. Yet again we appear to be stalking you. Great minds and all that…… Read more »
01/02/2018 One of the things I’ve missed most while travelling in our motorhome is a long hot bath. I usually prefer a shower, but whenever I’ve been stressed, anxious or… Read more »
30/01/18 As we drove south through Tuscany the land slowly flattened out. From the steep sided closely packed hills of the north we ventured through lower hills and wider shallower… Read more »