Today was a quiet day. We had breakfast delivered to the room, which was had out on the balcony, with fabulous view although a little chilly. We then ventured down to the beach below the accommodation, where the surf was pounding the stony beach. A walk along the a path below the cliffs had us in the township. The rest of the day was spent exploring Positano and its shops, and making arrangements to get to Sorrento tomorrow. Later in the afternoon the rain and ch...

A quiet day for walking today. We awoke to another great breakfast Mediterranean style, with breads, cheeses, cakes etc, and we think there were only four people staying last night. We said our goodbyes and were collected by a taxi for the thirty minute ride through the countryside to a small railway station called Ferrandina far below Matera. The train was empty when we climbed onboard so we setup with all our luggage in a four set bay, and watched a part of Ita...

The Sassi in Matera, has been a place of interest and wonder for us for a while now after watching a TV programme and today we finally visited this historic and very different place. The day started on the overnight ferry from Dubrovnik to Bari. We were provided a buffet breakfast (no room service on this ferry), and then proceeded to watch the slow entrance into port as we were stuck behind a larger Greek ferry. It took even longer to get through Immigration (ap...

Today is our last day in Dubrovnik, and our first chance to sleep in, enjoying the luxury of sea view rooms in Hotel Argentina. A leisurely champagne buffet breakfast (we had somehow missed the champagne bottles the last two mornings) on the terrace over looking the old town, was followed by a stroll through the grounds. The gardens of this hotel are magnificent, and if anyone has seen the gardens in the Game of Thrones from the tropical countries, you will under...

A simple day trip turned into a slightly drawn out affair. The 7.30am pickup after a great hotel breakfast, went according to plan, but after that it was slightly Faulty Towers kind of a day. Firstly the minibus had brake problems so we had to wait twenty minutes whilst a new minibus was sent, next a few issues on the Croatian border control (machines not working) and then later in the day we almost left two Muslim Belgium ladies behind as they failed to return t...