Roccette Mare Tropea

... my car and started my journey to the famous coastal town of Tropea, only a1 hour drive in southern direction.


Tropea stands on an imposing sandstone cliff, in a charming position. It is an exclusive seaside resort with a modern tourist and fishing harbor and is one of the prettiest and best preserved historical town centers in Calabria.
This lively small coast town also called "Saint Tropez" of the south, has a magnificent medieval ...

... of teenage girls sitting in their chairs outside their homes doing lacework just chatting away and we couldn't help but comment about how young they were. We expected to see older ladies sitting there doing that, but we suspect tradition is fully imbued in their normal daily activities in San Giorgio. We walked all of the way up to the medieval castle at the top of the town and noticed an incredible amount of construction work. It seems as ...

... ferry and it will delay us too long to stay another day, so we push on to the Gargano, which is like a big growth on the back of the calf of Italy (look at the map and you will see what I mean). We drive along these beautiful but interminably windy roads and eventually arrive at Vieste, the main town. In the morning we sally forth and nearby we see these beautiful white cliffs, and faraglione (rocky vertical outcrops in the sea). We take a cruise along the coast, which has ...

... times. Of course we were curious to see this place as it was all very matter of fact. So up we went, and found a beautiful site overlooking the country and sea with an open air church and two fenced in squares stating the exact dates when Jesus appeared there. Very unusual and for me very strange and rather funny - I can't imagine ever seeing a sign like that in Australia that's for sure!

... contrast with the turquoise crystal-clear water of the sea. The Italian language school itself is located in a beautiful 18th century palazzo. The staff at the Piccola Università Italiana will arrange pleasant accommodations during your stay and will arrange transfers to and from Lamezia Terme airport or the train station, the cost of which is included in the enrolment fee ...

... into forms of vernacular, the language of the common people. In the XIIIth century, the vernacular grew further and further away from Latin itself to become a separate literary language the Cantico delle Creature (Song of ALL Creatures) by St. Francis of Assisi was probably written in 1225 and is the earliest poetic work ...

... search we stopped off at a gas station to ask for directions. The directions that Danielle managed to piece together pointed us in the direction north of the city and off we went, we did manage to find a hotel, but it was not the La Praia. One turn led to another and soon we found ourselves in the heart of the old streets of Tropea, barely wide enough for our small Ford Festiva to fit in. At one point we stopped ...

Estas fotos son muy especiales porque son de mi primer visita a la hermana de mi bisabuela en Santo Onofrio un pueblo muy chiquitito y humilde de donde salieron los Virdo (familiares paternos). Mucha emocion en la visita y la sorpresa de saber que la hermana de mi bisabuela murio con record de longevidad a los 106! Hasta desde el Vaticano le enviaban saludos.

... view of the town (you can see the ocean from the front), Brought some REALLY cheap clothes and went back to the train station. Stopped at a fruit shop to buy a nectarine and the guy was so surprised I only wanted one so he gave it to me for free! We got to the train station and waited.... and waited..... and no train. We were getting slightly panicky being stuck 30min by train from our hotel and having no transport when arrived the only person in Calabria who can speak english and ...

... b. it will ruin your clothes, even those you wear the next day, and those you pack into a bag with any of those clothes (and, as we learned later: if you don't throw those "infected" clothes away, the smell will attach itself to any clothes you put in a washing machine with already smelly clothes"). c./d. Rather than a cure -- with the lack of circulation and the added possibility that others using the pool are ...