At the airport

We decide that trying to squeeze into a bus with our luggage will not happen, no amount of prior practice in nudging people out of the way would get us on, so we want to get a transfer to Salerno. I spot a nice looking Italian man dropping some American…

We are awoken to the happy chirp of birds outside our windows and it’s a gorgeous morning for breakfast in the courtyard. I have regained 35% of my voice so Tanya can hear the occasional thing I say now. We decide that’s it’s so comfortable here that just having a…

To the east of where we are staying spreads the famous Chianti region. When we examine the map roads seem to travel from north to south with not many traversing across implying significant flow of mountains or hills. All the roads show extreme tortuosity and we decide that this is…