Today was my last full day in Italy and it started with a long drive from southern Tuscany down to the airport near Rome. Thankfully, I did have one last touristy thing to do in Italy. I got to visit the ruins of Ostia, a former port city just west of Rome at the mouth…

I really wanted a win today with a guarantee of seeing something interesting. So, today was the city of Siena. Famous for a horse race that they run in the main piazza in front of the town hall. I’m not real sure how much of a race it can be given the space but they…

Day 10 kinda sucked. Nothing I wanted to do worked out so the best parts were the castle in the morning and dinner at night. So, I’ll show the highlights of those and get onto day 11. Day 11 started off better. As the only person staying last night they brought my breakfast to my…

Sadly, today I had to leave Costello Di Giomici. It was a little out of the was but really excellent lodging at a very good price and the view were awesome! As I was a bit ahead of the schedule of places to visit I kinda winged today. I headed off for the medieval town…

I had sun today! Orvieto is a popular day drive from Rome and for good reason. The town has a little to offer most everyone. There is an ornate cathedral, several museums, man made caves and some really excellent restaurants. I had purchased an all inclusive card, the previous day, that let me get into…

Yet another religious day where I got to wander from church to church. I spent today in the pilgrimage town of Assisi. Literally a shining city on the hill as I’ve been able to see this city from miles away for the past several days. Of course, on the day that I go there the…

Based on the weather predictions for the few days, I chose to go to the city of Perugia with the hope of a rain free day. Thankfully, the rain held off and I was able to wander the city without an umbrella. I was also lucky that this city also had escalators up to the…

Woke up to some actual sunshine today. Don’t worry it didn’t last. Breakfast was barely passable but I dot blame the hotel too much as there was almost no one at the hotel so no real reason to put out too many items that they would just have to throw out. Stepping out and looking…

Yet another rainy day today. Thankfully, I never got caught in the heavy rain outside of my car. I spent the morning at the ruins of Paestum, a former Greek colony eventually taken over by Rome. People mostly go because they have relatively intact temples. Once again, today will be mostly images. Lunch was just…

I got to experience hail and a lot of rain today. The road put to Herculaneum turned white with the amount of hail that hit the ground in just a few minutes. The positive was that all the drivers threw on their hazard lights and dropped to 50kph. Safest I’ve felt driving down here yet!…