Leaving Pompei was much easier than the day before and our trip to Bari to drop off the car occurred without incident, despite some really high speed maniacs on the Autostada. We asked for directions to the airport so we could return the car and congratulated ourselves when we got there. We had driven a car for three weeks in Italy and were returning it unscathed. Barry checked the odometer and we'd clocked 3050 kilometres. What a great trip, paid for using our ...

Thankfully, our last night in Italy was a restful one. The temperature was probably only 26 or so. At this point, it was heaven. We awoke to a beautiful day and headed for the ruins of Pompei. We'd printed off a walking tour by Rick Steves and looked forward to the experience. We arrived in quick time to no line-ups. In we went, only to discover, moments later, that we were at the wrong starting point for our walking tour. As we headed back to the entrance, about...

After croissants and cappuccinos, we left for the Amalfi Coast for a daytime excursion. We'd heard a lot about this famous drive, both positive and negative (traffic!!!), so we decided we needed to experience it for ourselves. We looked forward to the adventure, and adventure is what we got! First adventure:Getting out of Pompei. We'd discovered that the further south we headed into Italy, the more speed limits, stop signs and lane lines were simply a suggestion ...

After a great sleep, we got up and went for breakfast while the Brits quickly packed and escaped out of the window because none of us thought it was worth trying to explain the situation to the hostel reception. We met up with them at the beach and spent the morning body-surfing the waves and just enjoying the brilliant beach! After that, we set out for Pompei. We were thrilled when the drive from Sperlonga to Pompei went great and we found the hostel first try...

This morning involved a little housekeeping - we packed up and Barry got on the internet to play some bills. We tried to book our next stay, but none of our potential destination hostels took web bookings except Pompei. We decided to take our chances anyway, and headed to a beautiful spot called Sperlonga along the coast. We, of course, took the wrong roads, meaning we headed in the right direction, but took secondary roads instead of the Autostrada and ended up...