Garden Hotel Bari

... shouldn't have taken the first agent's word for it. Seemed to be ships sailing at all hours - must surely have been one with space on it overnight? Definitely the only way to do this route.However, we get by: but I wouldn't recommend Ventourist line: cheap, for sure; but tacky -very, very tacky!Another night in an anonymous port.<br><br>

... interrupted Homicide for about 2 days to scarf it down. One thing that might make a difference is whether you've read Danny's preceding books:<br> Are You Dave Gorman? where Danny bets Dave he can't find 56 other Dave Gormans<br> Join Me where Danny starts a cult by accident<br> Yes Man where Danny vows to never say no to anything anymore<br><br>They're all true accounts and equally funny, but Friends Like These ...

... paper doesn't go down the toilet, it goes in the bin). After a second opinion from another person, I marched down to reception and demanded the bin be changed. Someone came immediately and changed it, not with good grace I may add. This helped straight away, but the stink was still not great. <br> We went for a walk and wandered the boat, alot of the chairs were taken due to people having no cabins and trying to find a good place to ...

... hire a car! We had decided to travel around the region rather than staying in one place, so we could really get a feel for what it was like. The further we drove from Bari and the Puglia border, the higher we rose, the wilder and more beautiful the scenery became. Basilicata is the most mountainous as well as the least known region of southern Italy. We found out before we came that tourism is not big in Basilicata, although Italians ...

... cafe, we couldn't get any service. We kept getting cut in line and the register people would help us. Apparently they don't like tourists here...so, no coffee.<br><br>Took a train from Napoli to Caserta. In caserta I finally got a coffee, and all it was was this tiny little shot glass with the most potent coffee I've ever had...pretty tasty though. We met some people here who ...

... patiently by (in the sweltering heat with full baggage) whilst the Bari bus drivers men's club had a good laugh, smoke and chinwag about life before one of them deigned to come over to the bus and drive us to where we wanted to go. Having been told it was a 30 minute walk we were somewhat disappointed to get off the bus at the second stop just a few minutes later.  We spent our day in Bari getting ...

02.9.08: Day 9 - Milano to Bari Ah, so today was the big day, the turning point in our trip. We spent the last week traveling through Switzerland, just as Allison had wanted to do. Now we're making our way to Croatia to relax and do some sightseeing in Dubrovnik, just as I had wanted to do. The first leg of the journey from Milan to Dubrovnik is an 8 hour train from Milan to Bari, a transportation hub of a city on the East coast of Italy. The second is a 9 hour ferry from Bari to ...

... gave us free deck passage but we had to pay extra for a cabin. Considering it was a 15.5 hour trip that was high on our priority list. We upgraded once onboard and asked to pay with a credit card. The chief purser said that he could not take the card because the machine was not connected and did not work on board. We knew this was a lie because the ticket agent had said we could use credit card. I told him to write down the number and put it in ...

... Ciro Marina Ciro Marina is a small town on the southern coast that looks out to the Ionian Sea. The town itself is nothing too spectacular, but its main attraction - the beach - is beautiful, so I spent a very peaceful and relaxing afternoon there snoozing in the sun. Thursday 17th May - Amalfi Coast (Sorrento) The weather cooled down a bit on Thursday so the 5&amp;1/2 hour drive north to Sorrento wasn't too bad other than some road works to ...

... height of the storm (which lasted about 20 minutes) it dropped to 15° and just as quickly climbed back to 33°. We sustained a little damage to the turbo intercooler grill but nothing major. We arrived at the dock at 7:30pm to see the ferry was almost completely loaded. Lou, Lynn and I rushed to the office to try to get tickets for this ferry while Des stayed with the cars. The chick at the desk was most helpful and even offered to mail my 6 post cards for me. She also asked ...