Because of no access to the Internet for several days, I haven’t posted about some great adventures we are having.
First, we took the ferry from Messina, Sicily to the mainland of Italy. Once we found the right ferry, it was a relatively easy process. The first picture is taken looking back as Sicily from the ferry boat. The second picture is from the ferry looking at Villa San Giovanni on the mainland of Italy.
The drive north was fairly smooth, as long as we were on the autostrada. The roads were in a good condition and the signage was clear. We did have at least 50 tunnels on the Sicily side of the road. No kidding! We lost count around 25 and kept going through them and through them, some well lighted and some dark!! The road further north was not an autostrade, but had some scenic places (with lots of trucks for my trucking family).
Leaving the autostrada and entering the city to find the hotel in Cosenza was another story. That was adventure. We gave up in despair with the GPS (taking us to all parts of the city) and finally called the hotel. On the first call, the person that answered did not speak English and she just hung up on me. On the second call, someone spoke English and could help us. We were saved.
These pictures are of the drive from Cosenza to Alberobello (with one of the zillion ancient castles that we have already seen and we’ve only been here a couple of weeks).
The second day on the mainland (March 25), we arrived at Alberobello to stay in our trullo….which you can read about in the next post.
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