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Europe » Italy » Calabria » Briatico April 5th 2013

Todays Gelato flavours - GMB - Limone and GLB - Chocolate(she reckons she will be into the fruit Gelatos once it warms up a bit more) Dawn arrived a bit later as we are now well and truly on the west coast and when it did, we were back to the overcast start to the day that most of the days we have had in Italy have been. On opening up the laptop we were pleased to see Ruth in Tauranga there on Skype and we had a good catch up with her although Owen was still out working so we will have to catch up with him next time. Breakfast was the best and most varied we have experienced so far with so many options from cereals to croissants to cake and a fried egg ... read more
Hillside hamlet at Amantea with fortress
Downtown Briatico
Local football stadium at Briatico minus grass

Europe » Italy » Calabria » Acquappesa April 4th 2013

Gelato flavour of the day : No time for one after escaping the trials of the streets of Napoli ! Victoria GPS doesn't know just how close she came to being ripped out from the dashboard and thrown onto the streets of Naples with all the other rubbish. Of course she will have the defence that a message comes up on the screen before the guidance starts that the system should not be used solely as a system to get you from point A to B. We should have gone with the Google map we looked at last night as it took us back north for a short distance and then onto a ring road around the north of Naples and onto a toll road and south. However the BBA V2 has a condition of avoiding ... read more
Boot lunch at the Autogrill pull off on the A3
Snow on the mountain tops
Picturesque Rivello

Europe » Italy » Calabria August 30th 2012

We went to Calbria it was really nice to stay with our cousins Pino and Caterina. One night we went to and Italian aunnuziata festa. It was very different to our festa at Mt Evelyn the fire works wee aming and big and loud. We went to mountains drove up there wich was fun and we got to see animals there. Overall we had lots Of fun :)... read more

Europe » Italy » Calabria August 2nd 2012

Last night we ended up skipping mass, there were so many people and it was so hot so we waited for mass to finish then we, like all of the other locals, stormed the food line which was just a random line that everyone butted in on. I think I nearly took out one of the nuns in my quest for a kebab. The food and wine were both free and endless but getting the food was rather an adventure so we had very little of it and then the band began to play and the dancing started. I lucked out and Nona the 93 year old grandmother was my partner! That old gal can cut a rug for sure! She was going great guns even by the time we went to bed. Under the stars ... read more

Europe » Italy » Calabria July 19th 2012

Geo: 39.8475, 16.4561 GUN 43 GUNLERDEN PERŞEMBE: Güzel bir uykudan sonra harika bir doğaya uyandık. Her kampçının birinci vazifesi olan bazıları için "şarz" benim için "şarj" işlerine daldık .Aletler mamasını aldı . Sıra bana geldi. Ayşe sabah şekerlemesini çok sever . Ben biraz erken kalktığım için, haliyle bir takım aktivitelere kalkışıyorum, bu da küçük mekanda bir sürü gürültü yaratıyor . Buna engel olmak için organize olmak durumundasınız ve tüm muhtemel gürültü yaratacak işleri modül haline getiriyorsunuz.. Örneğin Tuvalet modülü… bir seferde Tuvalet için gerekli tüm takım taklavat bir torbada bulunuyor . Onu eline geçirdin mi ? işin bitti demektir .. Aynı şekilde Kahvaltı modülü var . Bir Plastik kap içinde kahvaltı için gerekli tüm takım taklavat ve yiyecek mevcut ... read more
renk cumbusu
aziyorlar

Europe » Italy » Calabria July 18th 2012

Geo: 39.8475, 16.4561 GUN 42 GUNLERDEN ÇARŞAMBA : Dün akşam, hayati bir karar vererek Messina'yı pas geçip ,direkt Villapiana yapalım dedik. Messina'yı geçtikten sonra, hayatımın en tünelli yolculuğu sonunda 6 saatte Villapiana'ya vardık . Burası ,coğrafya olarak, İtalyan çizmesinin tabanında yer alıyor. Kampımızı kolayca bulduk ..Kampın adı 1001 Çam ağacı ... Bana göre az demişler... çam sayısı 1001 'i geçer. Kampta ,yer gösteren birisi bize bir sürü aksiyon sergiledi. Dünya kadar yer olmasına rağmen, 20 santim aşağı 20 santim yukarısı yer kovalıyoruz. Sonradan anlıyoruz ki, burası, İtalyan milletinin tatil yaptığı bir yer imiş ve bizim gibi "gel- geç" çilerin tercih ettikleri bir yer değilmiş. Ağaçlar çok yüksek ve kocaman.... güneş olmasına rağmen, gün ışığı yere değmiyor neredeyse.. Biraz deniz ,biraz uyku... read more
yarişma
hamur isleri

Europe » Italy » Calabria » Scilla July 15th 2012

Geo: 38.2537, 15.7152The plan - get out of Naples as soon as possible this morning, and head down to the beaches of Calabria, a region considered by Northern Italians to be a backwater, dangerous and ruled by the mafia. Of course, plans rarely work out, so we were stuck in Naples for several more hours than intended, as we showed up at the train station only to find all the seats on the two early southbound trains to be fully booked, unless we wanted to stand on the train for nearly three hours!In the end, this wasn't the worst thing, as it gave us a few hours to wander around Naples and verify that last night wasn't just an illusion, that it was indeed a changed city. Sure, there was still evidence of the old Naples, ... read more
Palazzo Reale ...
View From Certosa di San Martino ...
Another View From Certosa di San Martino ...

Europe » Italy » Calabria July 8th 2012

Geo: 39.9001, 15.7789 GÜN 32 GÜNLERDEN PAZAR: Sabah dostlarımızla, salya, sümük vedalaştık . "Mi casa su casa" muhabbetleri yaptık ve 09:00 gibi ayrıldık. Daha önce buralarda bulunduğumuz için, Battipaglia yolundan rahatça otobana girdik. Bir açıklama yapayım. Bu kampı seçmemizin tek nedeni Otobana en yakın çıkış noktasında yer alması Aksi halde bu sahile dönmek için taaa Salerno ' ya kadar gidip dönmek gerekir . Bu kampı ilk gelişimizde özellikle seçmiştik ve Salerno ve dahi Amalfi kıyısı ziyaretleri için ideal bir konumda yer almaktadır. Amalfi sahili son yıllarda pek ünlendi...Karavanla seyahat edecek arkadaşlarımı uyarıyorum .. O sahilde kamp yeri yoktur ve sığınacağınız en güvenli liman Salerno sahilidir.. Her neyse biz derhal Calabria Otobanına girdik . MIO yu Falerna ya g... read more
Giriş
Plajimiz

Europe » Italy » Calabria May 13th 2012

Geo: 38.1093, 15.6439We followed the A3 from Rende to Reggio di Calabria. The Italians are masters at very high elevated bridges and tunnels. We probably went through at least 30 tunnels today varying in length. Some of the bridges were so high that a look down was not confidence building. There is a lot of roadwork being done but today was Sunday so although the traffic was constantly rerouted from single to double lanes, there was no backup with flaggers. We are now back to the west coast of Italy and passed by several resort towns. Unlike Amalfi which caters to foreign tourists, it is likely that these towns cater more to Italians than out of country people.A lot of the countryside was agricultural along the way. Some livestock and many orchards vineyards, etc. Tonight we ... read more
Sicily in the Distance
Cathedral
Fiat Abarth

Europe » Italy » Calabria » Rende May 12th 2012

Geo: 39.3315, 16.1815Car Travel Day. Thankfully the car has air conditioning. The peak temperature fort today was 33 degrees. Most of our travel was on main auto routes. We passed through several prime agricultural areas. The boot of Italy is very flat. Many fields of fruit trees, market growing, etc. We are now into a hilly region. Finding the hotel was a bit of a challenge. Compared to north america there are many small streets and no definite patterns. The GPS works well on the major roads but it is sometimes difficult to find smaller streets. This is complicated by the fact that the convention for naming streets is quite different so it is difficult sometimes to know what to enter as a street name. In today's case the actual street name was one word but ... read more
Adriatic
Cherry Pickers
Cherry Pickers




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