Monday 1st June 2015

Since my last post we have had a thoroughly enjoyable but hectic time.

After Florence we spent a day with a guide in Siena and in San Gimignano, the later being particularly lovely. This was followed by a day visiting a Roman church and Rural Heritage museum which was fascinating. After this we had a buffet lunch at a local winery where we sampled the bottled produce.

View from San Gimignano enhanced by Sue

Olive press at Rural Museum

Pisa was lovely despite the rain

On the following day we visited Pisa and Lucca, again amazing places and another fantastic guide. After a free day we moved on to a site just to the North of Rome where we had two full days visiting the many Roman sites and spending much time in The Vatican City. 

Pantheon in Rome, still standing after 1800 years

Once Rome was seen we had a memorable couple of days taken by coach to Sorrento where we visited Pompeii (wonderful) before an overnight stay in a hotel. Following this we were treated to a spectacular drive along the Amalfi coast and lunch at a hotel overlooking Amalfi itself. All too soon we had to return to Rome and complete our tour.

Pompeii street

Amalfi coast, where do you start !

Once this was finished with another multi course dinner we headed off on our own and spent a couple of nights on a site just on the edge of Pinto, just North of Pescara. Although a lovely site it was quite noisy with a railway line not far away so we moved on to a site near Manfredonia further South. This was much quieter and had a beautiful white sandy beach that just went on and on. Three nights here saw us ready to move on however and today we arrived at Giovinazzo, just North of Bari where we get the ferry tomorrow to Dubrovnik to start our tour of Croatia.