30 September '05, Friday.
This morning we left the Cinque Terre and headed south. Fact is, we finally found a campground just outside of Rome. Luckily we didn't take the same route out of from Levanto as we did going in. Todays trip was long, but comfortable. About 3, we started looking for a campground to spend the night, but the first 2 we stopped at were closed for the season. Now, the question comes to our mind, is this going to be a big problem...are we going to find a place to stay tonight??? Another hours driving along the coast and getting right to the door step of Rome, we find a open campground. We are the only campers here, but not the only people staying here. Apparently they rent a lot of caravans out, because there is a large number of Turks and other nationalities renting here. Lots of young families...kids everywhere, all having a good time. Seeing as it is Lou's birthday, we walked into the little village just around the corner, to see if we could find a nice dinner. HaHa, not a chance...it is a small village, and right on the beach, but nothing but one small pizza place that looked like it hadn't had any business for a while. Sorry Lou, but we will have to Barbeque something tonight... By the way, I know that we have written about the different toilets we have encountered, but let's recap a little. We had a new one at the last campground... first we have the standard toilet with a standard toilet seat...second, we have the standard without a toilet seat, then the what looks like the standard, but has a seat that rotates after you flush and completely sanitizes the seat as it goes around, the one we have heard so much about when everyone heard we were going to Europe, the European "squat" toilet...(the toughest part with one of these is your thigh muscles start to burn if your there for a while, and if there isn't any toilet paper, what do you do with the roll you brought with you while holding your pants up and out of the way, and what is that hose hanging from the wall going to do for you...you squirt it where ???...and make sure that you get ready to jump when you flush, because of the power of the flush...), finally the last one...standard toilet with seat, but the seat is raised when you walk in. The instructions that are stuck on the wall tell you that you should lower the seat, sit, and then when done, the seat will raise automatically while squirting a disinfectant. Let me tell you now, you had better get away from the toilet quickly, or else it will disinfect something else besides the air with a sweet smell...Stay tuned for any additional important information on toilets... Tomorrow...Pompei...
This morning we left the Cinque Terre and headed south. Fact is, we finally found a campground just outside of Rome. Luckily we didn't take the same route out of from Levanto as we did going in. Todays trip was long, but comfortable. About 3, we started looking for a campground to spend the night, but the first 2 we stopped at were closed for the season. Now, the question comes to our mind, is this going to be a big problem...are we going to find a place to stay tonight??? Another hours driving along the coast and getting right to the door step of Rome, we find a open campground. We are the only campers here, but not the only people staying here. Apparently they rent a lot of caravans out, because there is a large number of Turks and other nationalities renting here. Lots of young families...kids everywhere, all having a good time. Seeing as it is Lou's birthday, we walked into the little village just around the corner, to see if we could find a nice dinner. HaHa, not a chance...it is a small village, and right on the beach, but nothing but one small pizza place that looked like it hadn't had any business for a while. Sorry Lou, but we will have to Barbeque something tonight... By the way, I know that we have written about the different toilets we have encountered, but let's recap a little. We had a new one at the last campground... first we have the standard toilet with a standard toilet seat...second, we have the standard without a toilet seat, then the what looks like the standard, but has a seat that rotates after you flush and completely sanitizes the seat as it goes around, the one we have heard so much about when everyone heard we were going to Europe, the European "squat" toilet...(the toughest part with one of these is your thigh muscles start to burn if your there for a while, and if there isn't any toilet paper, what do you do with the roll you brought with you while holding your pants up and out of the way, and what is that hose hanging from the wall going to do for you...you squirt it where ???...and make sure that you get ready to jump when you flush, because of the power of the flush...), finally the last one...standard toilet with seat, but the seat is raised when you walk in. The instructions that are stuck on the wall tell you that you should lower the seat, sit, and then when done, the seat will raise automatically while squirting a disinfectant. Let me tell you now, you had better get away from the toilet quickly, or else it will disinfect something else besides the air with a sweet smell...Stay tuned for any additional important information on toilets... Tomorrow...Pompei...
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