Hotel Villaggio Roller Club
Travel Blogs from Ricadi
Mainland ho!
... east coast of the mainland and then northwest to Tropea where we are staying tonight. The roads today were much more like what I was expecting from having been on the moto tour of the Tuscany region of Italy: narrow hairpin turns whilst climbing the hillsides leading to gradual sweepers to entertain you before the next set of hairpin turns. And why is there always a large delivery truck belching diesel fumes headed towards you on the other side ...
Tropea - back on the main land
... was packed full of restaurants (affordable for once), bars and bohemian clothing and art shops. So we had a great time strolling around taking it all in, staring out at the distant shape of Stromboli (a volcano that apparently erupts every 20 minutes) hoping to see an eruption - I thought I saw a flash once... And swimming for hours every day. We had a free sun lounger and umbrella included in our B&B price further up the ...
Backstage Tour at Sea
... so pretty it kinda made your heart ache.
Then Bryan and I retired early, having agreed to meet Linda and David at 6:45 the next morning to travel together to Pompeii.
This was just a nice relaxing day on the ship. We made an effort to really just relax and take it easy. We knew that our cruise was almost over and the pace of our trip was going to be picking up again. We were both also ...
The Real Italy
... Spagnoli, the Spanish Quarter, and came across a different man peddling the exact same iPad and iPhone - you can only laugh, as though it's entirely possible the men were working together, you couldn't help but wonder if the second man had jacked them from the first!
Despite being a Sunday, by late morning the pedestrian zone in the Spanish Quarter had sprung to life, with people out shopping, and the numerous cafes beginning to fill up. Not a bad place to sit ...
My Journey Home
Three Trains, Two Planes, One Bus I didn't sleep that well last night in anticipation for today's trip. I was up around 6:30 and has a coffee and breakfast with my aunt. By 9:30 my cousin came to get me and drive me to the Lamezia Train station. That was train 1. I made it to Naples but I was 2 minutes late for my connecting train to Rome so I waited in line for a new ticket. There were so many people at this train station and most of them were waiting for ...