1 October '05, Saturday.
This morning we drove out of our campground north of Lido and decided to "go the coast road". Yesterday we drove it most of the afternoon and everything went very well. Today was even better. We have also noticed that a lot of the campgrounds are begining to close. Yesterday we pulled into 2 that were closed and saw at least 4 or 5 others that were too. Winter has arrived, campgrounds are going to become more challenging to find. October is differently here. We also made a dry run into the Rome airport just to check it out, seeing as "Aunty Ann" will be arriving there in a couple of weeks. From there we were just a couple of tourists checking out all the beach towns as we went through. Every once in a while we encountered heavy traffic right in the middle of the larger towns, but with "Bumble Bee", they just move aside and let us through. It is kind of funny though, the Italians have picked up some of the habits of Turkey, where they pull up and double park at the drop of the hat. At one point there was a double parked car about every third spot and with the incoming street already coming down from 3 lanes to 2, this made it really a single. On top of that, there was 2 other main arteries coming into the same "main" street. Add a couple of buses, a small delivery truck or two, and us,... let the show begin... I love this kind of challenge,,,Louise is all white knuckles. We have had some off shore wind the last couple of days that has cleaned the air, and the mountains have come alive... You can see for a "hundred miles"...the sky is a wonderful light blue and the fresh air is great !!! Pulling into the Sparticus Campground in Pompei about 5, we went to the grocery store down the street, made and ate dinner, and now will head to bed after a little catch up on some reading materials. In the morning we will go across the street and visit the ruins of "Pompei". Mount Vesuvi is just in back of us, sitting there looking so wonderfully peaceful. One of the days while we are here, we will take a hike to the crater of Vesuvi, just to see what is there. But, tomorrow...Pompei
This morning we drove out of our campground north of Lido and decided to "go the coast road". Yesterday we drove it most of the afternoon and everything went very well. Today was even better. We have also noticed that a lot of the campgrounds are begining to close. Yesterday we pulled into 2 that were closed and saw at least 4 or 5 others that were too. Winter has arrived, campgrounds are going to become more challenging to find. October is differently here. We also made a dry run into the Rome airport just to check it out, seeing as "Aunty Ann" will be arriving there in a couple of weeks. From there we were just a couple of tourists checking out all the beach towns as we went through. Every once in a while we encountered heavy traffic right in the middle of the larger towns, but with "Bumble Bee", they just move aside and let us through. It is kind of funny though, the Italians have picked up some of the habits of Turkey, where they pull up and double park at the drop of the hat. At one point there was a double parked car about every third spot and with the incoming street already coming down from 3 lanes to 2, this made it really a single. On top of that, there was 2 other main arteries coming into the same "main" street. Add a couple of buses, a small delivery truck or two, and us,... let the show begin... I love this kind of challenge,,,Louise is all white knuckles. We have had some off shore wind the last couple of days that has cleaned the air, and the mountains have come alive... You can see for a "hundred miles"...the sky is a wonderful light blue and the fresh air is great !!! Pulling into the Sparticus Campground in Pompei about 5, we went to the grocery store down the street, made and ate dinner, and now will head to bed after a little catch up on some reading materials. In the morning we will go across the street and visit the ruins of "Pompei". Mount Vesuvi is just in back of us, sitting there looking so wonderfully peaceful. One of the days while we are here, we will take a hike to the crater of Vesuvi, just to see what is there. But, tomorrow...Pompei