Tenuta Cocevola 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.

... on the show. One of the homicide detectives, Ed Burns, is co-creator of The Wire. You get the idea. It's a great finale for anyone who's finished the show and is suffering from withdrawal (for anyone who hasn't watched the show, DO SO NOW).

I bought Homicide at a Waterstones attached to one of those Little Chef rest stops the weekend Rachel, Sundeep and I rented and drove a car to the Cotswolds ...

... a taxi that you haven't called. Jyles insisted though.
I checked the locks on the doors before I got in, and made sure I could escape. It was legitimate, but in a normal situation I would have said no.

We got to the ferry terminal just on time. Since it was an overnight ferry, we got bunk beds and had an awesome sleep.

... Dan got a map of Pompeii and we saw like 1/16 of the ruin! I was dissapointed we couldn't see more but Enzo did say that it would take 2 days to see all of the ruin. The bus ride from Pompeii to Bari was a few hours, we stop for a snack/lunch/toilet break after a few hours. Dan and I had a calzone and a drink, we bought some onion pretzels, pepsi and paprika italian pringles for munchies on the ferry.
We made the ferry on time ...

The most surprising thing I found before leaving England was that no one even know where Basilicata was! Even friends who thought they knew Italy well weren't aware of Basilicata as its not very well known. On the plane from Stansted, most of the English people we spoke were going on holiday to visit family or friends and most were staying in Puglia, not Basilicata.


If you're planning to visit Basilicata, you will defintely ...

... also on the train (we ended up seeing them again later). They were an Australian couple.

We took our final train to Bari. When we got there we ran into 3 other back packers who happened to be from (believe it or not) SPOKANE, WASHINGTON!!! Unbelievable.

We took a bus to the ferry terminal, booked our ferry ride. Went back to the city for dinner and to get food for ...

Tatsaechlich schaffen wir es schon um 8:30 Uhr das Hostel zu verlassen. Diesmal geht es nach Pozzuoli zum Volcano Solfatera. Wie der Name schon vermuten laesst, gibt es hier heisse Schwefelquellen. Der heisse Schwefeldampf schiesst direkt aus dem Boden. Ein wirklich beeindruckendes Naturschauspiel!!! Und das tollste, wir kommen wirklich bis direkt an die Quellen und koennen uns davon vernebeln lassen... na gut, allzu lange haelt ...

... map and instructions to get to our hotel. She told us it was a bit of a walk and she wasn't kidding. We ended up trekking about 3-4 miles with our 20+ pound backpacks on. Our place was number 320 on the street, so I thought we were almost there when I saw a building on the other side of the street with the number 291. But then I realized the even numbers on our side of the street didn't necessarily coincide with the odd ...

... I was getting on that ferry if that was the last thing I did! Good thing too, because the bus to the docks didn't come for another 30 mins or so, which means it doesn't come often, and then I could've had some real problems. Finally got to the ferry, waited a little longer to board, boarded a full 2 hrs before departure (who cares???I made it on the freaking boat!!), and, nerves now completely shattered, took a nice hot shower. I opted for the ...

... how I was spoiled). It was interesting to have two people of the same age and heading in totally opposite directions in life. Mir, I miss your company and making fun of you, I will miss our talks as well as our laughs (donīt be telling too many people about those stories, hehe), I hope that we can meet up on the other side of the world (besides meeting up in NYC of course ...