Geo: 44.3875, -68.2044 We got up this morning to a beautiful day. Sunny and about 70 degrees. We went on several hikes around a couple of lakes. Its beautiful here. I'd say that about one quarter of the trees have turned either a brilliant red or yellow. What we thought would be a simple hike around the first lake, turned out to be quite a challenge. The path was all large rocks and boulders that had fallen down from the steep side of the mountain. Our bed and breakfast is very nice. The place is on the National Registry of Historical Places. It is a large house built in 1888. Tomorrow, we will go for a drive around the rest of the island and some more hiking. The weather is supposed to be a little cooler, ... read more

Geo: 38.6252, -121.328 We got up, had breakfast and took the car back. No problems. We drove almost 4000 km, which is about 2500 miles. They dropped us off a the airport and we took the bus into Rome. We got on the Metro and headed over to Trevi Fountain. I is a beautiful fountain. There were hundreds of people around it, including a bunch of bus tour people. We stayed for a little while and then headed over to the Hard Rock Cafe for some lunch. Best cheseburger in a long time. We got back onto the Metro and headed to the Colliseum. When you get off the Metro and go up the stairs, the Colliseum is right in front of you. Very impressive! We were out of Euros and didn't want to get anymore, ... read more

Geo: 41.8817, 16.173 We left the Bari area on Saturday mornning and headed over to Barletta to see the largest Roman bronze in existence. We forgot that it was Saturday morning. It was crowded with people and cars and scooters. We managed to find the Colosso without too much trouble. When we went to leave we got to an intersection that was almost gridlocked. There were cars parked on each side of the road and one person was double parked in the on coming lane. People were trying to get around him. People were turning the corner and people were coming across the intersection, all at the same time. We saw someone on a scooter almost get hit by a car as he was negotiating the congestion. We made it out of town and headed toward ... read more

Geo: 40.5919, 17.1153 We got up on Saturday morning and left Taormina, heading back to Messina and a ferry to the mainland. Bonney took us right up to the boat ramp! We drove along the coast for most of the day and didn't take very many pictures. So far, we are over 1300 pictures. We drove to Borgia to find our hotel. We had to stop and call them because Bonney couldn't find the street the hotel was on. We finally got the info we needed and headed up to our hotel. Wow, it was a beautiful place. They do alot of weddings there. It was in the middle of a large olive grove. A very quaint old building with modern interiors. We took a small nap, walked around the olive trees and then had dinner ... read more

Geo: 37.0851, 15.273 We left Trapani on Monday morning and headed for Agrigento. Saw lots of farms along the way as we were inland. We found our hotel pretty easily, as some people said it was hard to find. Bonney, the GPS, took us straight to it. We checked in and then headed out to view the Greek temples and the museum that are in the area. We went to the valley of the temples and walked about 2 miles the first to the last one. They were built between 510 and 430 BC. The best one was the Temple of Concordia, which was the most complete. It was missing the roof, other wise it was in good condition, considering that it was 2500 years old! After walking around the temples, we went back to the ... read more