Tuesday 12.04.2011 - today we rode the Amalfi Coast, which runs from Salerno to Sorrento (and return), a distance of about 50 km each way. We travelled this route in 2007 and to say Greg was a little bit flustered at the time is an understatement. Not being fond of heights and travelling in the direction that had the bike closest to the cliffs (and the sea 100 metre below!); coupled with blind corners, narrow roads and sometimes crazy Italian drivers - well you k...

Monday 11.04.2011 – The Ionian Queen docked an hour late into Brindisi, but who cares, we are in Italy. We met an Australian couple on board named Karen & Nick from Sydney who were on their first holiday to Europe (Nick had been to Greece as a child). They had already been to Greece and were now on their way to Italy and the UK – good one Karen & Nick. Soon after arrival we loaded up the Pommie Ducati bike and Greg rode it off the ship –...