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A Swan Song for Italy
Roman ruin overload and finally some peace and quiet in Paestum. Until we found that BigMog had contracted a nasty case of Diesel Bug. Diesel Bug meant that both his fuel tanks, all the fuel lines, the fuel filter and eventually his engine were getting clogged up with slimey bacteria that would grow and expand…
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The Ruins of an Empire
After the intensity of Rome, our rest day on the pretty little campsite at Tivoli had been just what we needed, especially as we were both now suffering with man flu. James was starting to get over his but I was a bit behind him and coming into the worst of it. Because we had…
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Interlude – All Roads Lead to Rome…
We arrived at our campsite in Tivoli and were very pleased with our choice. It was a small place, really just the large garden of a family home, but it was perfect for us The host, Suzanne, was fabulous. She was so friendly and helpful, even offering to drive us to the train station every…
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Wined and Dined Italian Style
We had been in Italy for nearly a month now and were about to start doing some seriously big-hitting stuff. We left our quiet park-up place in Vinci and headed to an aire on the outskirts of Florence. We had both been to Florence a couple of times before and really loved the city so…
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An Italian Hatchet Job
We were keen to be out of the Alps – between the narrow roads and chilly welcome for motorhomes it was feeling a bit too much like what we had just left behind. So we turned our wheels back south. We were heading in the general direction of Turin but wanted to make a couple…
The Sidetracked Sagas 