FROM GREECE TO ITALY AND OUR ROAD TRIP

Its has been some weeks since our last post in Greece. We have had real problems finding computers that are able to download photos and then upload to the blog.



We are in Vieste a holiday resort on the Gargano Peninsular, on the Adriatic (east) coast of Italy, and they have new computers. Well here goes...


Leaving Sifnos our beautiful island in the Cyclades Group, 3.5 hours south of Athens by ferry. This photo is our last day as we leave the island.

Back in Athens we visit a number of sites including the Ultar of Zeus in this photo.


















We then flew to Rome and spent 6 days visiting the historic sights before collecting our Peugeot Wagon for our tour of Italy. This photo is of us at the Colosseum.
















We joined the crush on the Spanish Steps. It was a public holiday and all of Rome was out in the sun!











We joined the thousands at St Peters to see the Pope give his public address on Sunday













We collect our car and headed south through Naples to Pompeii. This photo is of us in the buried town of Pompeii - you can see the chariot ruts in the stone paving slabs. An incredible place to visit. The plaster casts of the inhabitants dying is very sobering.














Next we headed down the west coast of Italy called the Amalfi Coast. Stunning with the roads carved in the hillsides - vertical drops to the sea below and straight up above. We stopped at Massa Lubrense a delightful fishing village - I can see why Larry Greco's family settled here.

We leave Massa Lubrense and drive south along the Amalfi Coast. In this photo we have stopped at a lookout above Positano.














We make our way down towards Sicily and stop at Tropea with a great view of the Volcanis Island of Stromboli out in the sea. In this photo you can see Stromboli in the red sky after sunset












We cross over to the other coast and head north to Metaponto, the home of Pythagorus. We visit the Sanctury of Hera, where Pythagorus lived and was buried.











We are now heading up the east coast past Brindisi and Bari and have come out onto the Gargano Peninsula that sticks out into the Adriatic Sea. It is a beautiful resort with the old town clinging to the rocky headland and the beaches either side with hotels and resorts. This photo is of us tonight having a pizza and wine picnic above the marina and watching the sun set.

We trust that our family and friends are all well. We are having a wonderful experience and apart from the italian motorists a wonderful time.