Day 15 – The Amazing Surprise that is Paestum #ItalyRoadTrip
Forcing ourselves onwards from the bubble of Ugento (we hadn’t left the Riva Di Ugento site once to explore the surroundings, though we know there are caves and grottos to see on fabulous boat trips), we began our journey northwards once more, slowly crossing the bottom of Italy to head up the coast towards Salerno, stopping at Camping Dei Pini, just up the road from Paestum. We arrived tired, as always, to a reception that...
Day Fourteen of the #ItalyRoadTrip – leaving Ugento. What a wrench.
The countryside didn’t really improve much as we approached our stopping place for the next four nights, and with just 15 minutes to go before we were at our site we were all feeling more than a bit deflated at the rather (flat, hot, untidy, grubby and commercialised) unimpressive area we were in. Exhausted, we ploughed on the last few miles; just glad we had somewhere to be stopping, and thankful for the flexibility of Margot...
Day Ten of the #ItalyRoadTrip – finally seeing the sea
Leaving Camping Flaminio is no easy thing in a large motorhome – it’s a great campsite, but finding your way in and out without taking a wrong turn or getting caught in the wrong lane (if there are any lanes in the endless crowd of hooting revving little cars surrounding you) is tricky (or maybe we’re inept), and leaving Rome turned out to be almost as stressful as getting in. But we finally broke free of the endless...
Day Eight – Rome at last. #ItalyRoadTrip
So having taken a day to rest, we were up and about ready to tackle our trip into Rome. The help from Flaminio’s brilliant information desk had been excellent, and we had a detailed map for the walk to the train station, and clear instructions for which train to catch to and from Rome. We followed them carefully, risking life and limb crossing the busy roads, and soon found ourselves at the rather dingy Station. Once again we...
Day 6 – Driving again… #ItalyRoadTrip
And so onwards towards Rome. Planning the journey, it had seemed entirely feasible to plan in 5 hour drives.However, it has become rapidly obvious that this is actually a bit ambitious. Routes always take longer than we anticipated, and when you add in stopping for lunch, you can add at least an hour on to every day. Six hours is just too long, really, and is making the travelling more exhausting than we expected.So having come the...