Hotel Palma Campobasso
Via Statale 618, Castropignano Campobasso, Molise, 86010, Italy
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Mushroom Festival
Lorraine flew back to Napoli today. She had a great visit to RI taking care of business and visiting family and friends. On the way home to Napoli from the airport we stopped at the annual Mushroom Festival at Cusano Mutri which is more or less midway between Roma and Napoli. We had a great time at the festival and most importantly happy to have Lorraine home. We took a few pictures at the ...
Off the Beaten Path: Mushrooms and Mountains
... mountain (yes, I went on a nature hike!). At first I was not sure how I felt about this, but it ended up being amazing! We went into caves, climbed on rocks in a stream, and had brief moments where the possibly of plunging to our deaths seemed inevitable. The safety measures taken on trails in America did not exist... the 'safety railing' was a variety of tree branches tied together with twine. AKA, do not expect them to interfere with your fall straight down the ...
Festival Day atop Civita
... It was all so fun, and so local, I felt like I lived here, and did this every year.
We returned to Boiano and lazed around for most of the rest of the day. Lesley bought train tickets for our adventure to Pompeii tomorrow, and we bought some snacks (fruits, nuts and candy) to eat on the ride there and back. Since it was going to be an early departure, we decided it was probably best to get some sleep.
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Wandering through town
... of the mountain, but some very loud screaming coming from further up the road made us turn back. We'll leave Civita for tomorrow.
Next, we followed the Biferno river all the way through the city to the blessed water source running down from the mountains. Mario and I turned back and followed the river, making our way to the OTHER side of the city, where the other water source is now full of ...
Visiting the ruins at Sepino
... out you can't trust opening hours, or opening at all, around here!
Sepino was a merchant city, set up by the Sanniti people at the cross of the two main roads, Cardo and Decumano, because it was a popular trade route. A lot of people passed these crossroads, so the Sanniti began charging tolls at the 4 main gates, and got rich. The Romans came to take the city for Rome(because that's what they were doing at the time), but the Sanniti ...


