On the road again

We have had only a couple of long days on the road and today was one of them, from Arcola to Castiglion Fiorentino.  It was with slight sadness that we were to leave our host Giacomo this morning, he was a pleasure to stay with and could not come with a more higher recommendation from us.  His knowledge of the area and hospitality was second to none, thanks Giacomo. If we are ever in the LaSpezia area again we will stay at Villa Ducci.

The long and winding road

Levanto is the next town north from the Cinque Terre and was recommended to us as a place to go and see.  This journey however required Pietro to climb over some of the most mountainous terrain we have covered, yet.

Leaving La Spezia we passed through a couple of tunnels and then the curvy and narrow roads began.

Mountains of marble

What a day, we started on the road a lot later than the last few days.  Katie did remind me when on holidays a sleep in is a good thing too, she was right.

View from the lounge window

Cinque Terre

The Cinque Terre has long been on my list of must see places in the world. Today we spent the whole day exploring this beautiful coast. We had been given different tips from many people about how to go about exploring the Cinque Terre, but in the end you

Motoring, music and mountians

Leaving early from the lovely town of Modena we chose to drive the local roads to Parma.  Driving on the AutoStrada is a great way to get from one place to another fast, but so many sights are passed and missed.

Generally the road we followed from Modena to Parma