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Europe » Italy » Calabria » Altomonte September 13th 2010

Altomonte Day 3 Today began, as usual, with a wonderful breakfast. Ted’s 2 pots of coffee, strudel and cookies (we passed), yogurt, toast and bread with marmalade, and a hard boiled egg served up in tiny egg cups. After talking with Carla, and she with a car rental company, we drove with her husband Carlos (yep- Carla and Carlos!) into a bigger village to rent a car. A blind eye was turned to the fact that Ted didn’t have an international driver’s license and off we went in a small Lancia. This car would be considered a compact or sub-compact car in the US, but here there were two sizes smaller than our Lancia. The smallest is designated a “city” car and the next an “economy” car. We have a “small” car. We filled it with ... read more

Europe » Italy » Calabria » Altomonte September 13th 2010

We returned the rental car back to the rental agency and Carla brought us back to the farm. We had arranged that one of her workers would drive us into Paola so we could take the train back to Rome. I had thought it would be fun to stay at a convent for our last days. It was supposed to be near the Vatican and that was our main focus this time through Rome. When we arrived at the train station, we were stupid and didn't take a metered taxi to get to the convent. Cost us about 3-4 times what it should have! The convent is run by the Carmelite order and it was quite large. I was worried since it was so far out of the city core, but the fun was only beginning. ... read more

Europe » Italy » Calabria » Altomonte September 13th 2010

The following day Ted and I decided to visit the beach. Since we were half way between the Ionian sea and the Tyrhynnian sea, we chose the former. The newest addition to the olive farm were Germans who told us the Ionian sea had sandy beaches and you could walk out a far ways into the ocean before it dropped off. The other side had a rockier beach and a steeper drop-off. We got close to the actual beach side spot that had been recommended to us, but couldn't find that exact place. But we did find, for 6E/person was a nice little beach, complete with deck chairs and sunbrella table. It was heavenly! I could have stayed all week, just roasting myself like a pig on a spit, turning as needed.....Ted was the only person ... read more




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