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After a late finish last night in Naples, we had a slower start this Sunday morning. It was another very rainy night, but by 11am there was a break in the clouds and we ventured out to Herculaneum. A short train journey from the station next door. Herculaneum lies halfway to Naples and more directlyContinue reading “Herculaneum – Pompei, Calabria, Italy”

We decided that there was just too much of Pompeii archeological site we did not get to visit yesterday and we wanted to go again. It is only a 5 minute walk to the entrance so we couldn’t really not go again. Thankfully the rain had stopped by the time we left despite dramatic thunder,Continue reading “Pompeii Take 2 and Napoli Food Tour – Pompei, Calabria, Italy”

Due to heavy rain forecast we had deliberated whether to visit the Pompeii archeological site first, literally opposite our campsite or one of the several great local options all commutable from the train station next door – Amalfi coast, Naples, Herculaneum etc. In the end, we went for broke and booked a guided tour forContinue reading “The wonders of Pompeii – Pompei, Calabria, Italy”

We have had a couple of unplanned maintenance days caused by an issue with the ignition on our Mercedes requiring us to attend a main dealer here in Italy. They were super helpful and have resolved the issue and it is working better than ever. We had a few other jobs which were also dueContinue reading “Back online – Pompei, Calabria, Italy”

We made a fairly leisurely start this morning to make sure we did not hit rush hour in Messina for our ferry trip. We walked the dogs down to the beach for a run around and I finally got to try the local Granita and brioche roll which is a local speciality for breakfast. IContinue reading “We have reached mainland Italy 🇮🇹- Morano Calabro, Calabria, Italy”

After posting yesterday, we had a bit of indecision on our overnight pitch, as when surveying where to watch the sunset we saw a better spot with one other van. So we drove round and got a great spot to watch the sunset. Whilst we did so, we spotted we were being microwaved from multipleContinue reading “Taormina visit – Giardini Naxos, Sicily, Italy”

We are parked up overlooking the view at Rifugio Sapienza (Wisdom Refuge), the end of the road up Mount Etna at 1910m. The refuge is purportedly a ski area, though it is decidedly lacking in snow coverage for ski-ing at the moment. It was only a 30 minute drive from our camping site last nightContinue reading “Camping on a Volcano – Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy”

We were awoken in the early hours, as our dogs were disturbed by something. We were camped in a scruffy end of town and an even scruffier car park, so we had only just got to sleep with one ear open. I slid open the blind on our bunk to reveal a pack of strayContinue reading “Turning North – Belpasso, Sicily, Italy”

We left under the view of Agrigento temples, standing sentry over the road to the west. A fairly long drive west today and a little inland to the UNESCO protected area of Val di Noto consisting of 8 baroque towns perched on hillsides, of which we have randomly selected Ragusa to visit. The drive wasContinue reading “Baroque Town – Ragusa, Sicily, Italy”

We had a positively leisurely start this morning as we are already parked up a short hop from the Valley of the Temples. Last night by the power of the spooky Facebook algorithms I was offered Amanda and Alan’s Italian Job to watch on BBC, where they buy a house in Sicily for €1 andContinue reading “Templed out 😀 – San Leone (Agrigento), Sicily, Italy”