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Buongiorno everyone,
We decided to leave Croatia a week early after are Montenegro disappointment, Saturday with the tempature at 85 degrees we left on the 1230hrs ferry,1 hr into the 8 hr journey being an Italian ship all the bars, restaurants closed for a siesta and never opened again, half way across it started to rain, we sat inside in freezing aircon in vests & starving hungry, (When we get the ferry to Sardina we will be prepared). That night we stayed in Giovinazzo outside of Bari, all shops shut no food, so burger van for supper, with Katy the voice of the tomtom having one of her not playing moments , oh yes its still raining. (its great)
Sunday
we awoke to a firework display next door to the campsite at 0700hrs for St Lopez day festivities. In Sorrento we got a campsite 2k from the centre, it has great views of the harbour and the bay of Napoli and is set amongst olive trees, with a thunderstorm to end all storms. Monday a train ride to Pompeii, although its well preserved we felt a little let down and expected more, it is a worthwhile trip and surprisingly large. Then we summited Mt Vesuvius, if you ever see a photo of the crater with 2 clowns in shorts,t shirts and flipflops with everyone else in their packamacks, thats us, oh yes its rained again and we appear to be freakily dressed against the Americans in hiking boots.
Tuesday
after another night of thunderstorms (they are impressive storms & very noisey in our tin can van), the weather cleared and the ferrys to Capri started again, so off we went, we hiked to the Capri centre (its up the mother of all hills) to find narrow allyways full of designer boutiques, Oonaghs in her element, but unlucky, as i had the wallet. there are some great views from the centre and some very expensive shops / restaurants.
We liked Sorrento although she is begining to show her age getting a bit tatty around the edges, She still has pockets of beauty and some posh shops but hasnt got the air of decadence of Capri. Sorrento has so many tourists, Aussies, Americans and half of Manchester drinking in the British bars with full breakfast, its weird being near Brits after hardly hearing english spoken for so long. As for driving in Sorrento, it must have the craziest drivers in the whole of Italy Vespa riders overtake, undertake, pull out and ride straight at you, give me London anyday. Oonagh loved the ice cream parlours 2 scoops and 60 choices (decisions, decisions, decisions, can you hold a finger to your lip any longer)
Wednesday
we drove down the Amalfi coast to Praia A Mare 130 miles further south on the instep of Italy, in search of sun, Guess what 3hrs after we arrived along came the thunder followed by the rain. On Thursday we awoke to cloudy skys and decided to travel 120 miles south again to the Capo Vaticano on the big toe of Italy, there is some dramatic coastline on this route, but everywhere is empty, it appears the only the italians come to this part of the coastline and they are not due for another 2 weeks, this made the campsite a struggle to get in, theres us 1 other camper and 2 tents, we arrived at lunch just as the Sun came out, the surfs up, boards are out, and Oonie caught her first wave, an afternoon spent on the beach.In the evening we had dinner with the sun setting behind the still smoking volcanic island of Stromboli in the distance (locals say that its inactive, we dont know how that works if its still smoking, theres 4 more barely visible) thats how we spent our 21st wedding anniversary doing what we do best. Friday We awoke and it was there again, sun shining brightly, so we took to the beach again, a tiring walk of 35yards, Shame of today the sea was flat so Oonagh couldnt do her surfer chick bit. Campsite swelled withanother tent.
Scrabble scores 13 - 7 to Oonagh
Arrivederci & ciao for now The Chaffers
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