Miralago Hotel & SPA
Travel Blogs from Castello del Matese
Lots of Amore
... gained 8 lbs on this trip. I'm not eating for a week when I get home. We had cappuccino and espresso. I'm going to have to find a 12 step program when I get home to get off the espresso. Dang Selena's fault. We've learned that you never have to get off a roundabout. I hope our pictures of the Archeological dig of Monastery of San Vincenzo aren't too boring but it was an incredible experience to get to go into an active archeological dig. ...
Day 2
... lanes. (Do not try this at home). We just stopped to get diesel & tried to do self-service but the Italian attendants were waving their arms and yelling so we figured that meant "don't do it". Of course it was $.20 more a litre, but they did wash our windshield. I don't know, but I think we've been had. We caved to the pressure of yelling Italians. Patricia's comment as were driving through Naples (now imagine the ocean ...
Day 1
... noses under your car it's their problem". He could've said something way different but that's what we're going with. By this time we are still in the same clothes we started this journey on. I'm pretty sure we stink. But we can't smell each other so it's all good. Ate at a local restaurant. Excellent. Selena enjoyed the vino!!! Everyone is kissing cheeks around here and Selena and Trish refuse to kiss me. Off to bed we go and tomorrow is ...
Travel day from Chianciano to Sorrento
... high peak at 1,705 feet altitude, the famous monastery (built 529) was founded by St Benedict was an important site of many battles during WWII. The Battle of Montecassino (also known as the Battle for Rome) from January to May of 1944 was ...
Change trains in Benevento
The train climbed from the coast up into the mountains. Lush, filled with little villages and very pretty.
It was a slow journey up, but full of beautiful views.
Along the way, Brian phoned to say he'd got wrong dates and they wouldn't be in Athens on 15th..
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