Category: Italy

We drove to the Lakes, where the Pope had his summer palace at Castel Gandolfo. Pope Emeritus Benedict, who had recently stood down, was…

Jacqui gave weekly English lessons to local pensioners at the Tivoli Old People's Centre. Tony and Marion went along to meet the "students", some…

We visited the beautiful Villa d'Este in Tivoli, a 16th century palace built by Cardinal Ippolito, the husband of that naughty Lucrezia Borgia, who…

We parked the car by the river Tiber and walked along the river . . . . . . . to the Jewish Quarter…

Preparations for Easter included a trip to buy the Caere wine. On Easter Day. Sergio, his three brothers and their families all joined together…

Late Saturday afternoon we drove into Rome, fifteen miles from Tivoli.  We parked the car and wandered around Rome, ending up in St Peter's…

It was a three hour run to Tivoli where our friends, Jacqui and Sergio lived.  Sergio met us at the motorway exit on his…

The site entrance to the ruins of Pompeii were a hundred yards from our campsite so we were able to look around before the…

By 5 pm that evening we were tired and decided to stop for the night at a service area on the motorway.  We were…

The following few days we travelled north along the east coast, stopping at different campsites and cycling into local towns.  The weather remained warm…