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Since reaching a certain “milestone age”… don’t ask… I have found myself feeling a great sense of urgency to make lifestyle changes that would better suit this stage of my life.
Time is ticking faster than ever and it has now become a priority to ensure I use my time wisely pursuing those long-awaited dreams…you know the ones on the “maybe I will do that one day” list. Well, I have now taken early retirement from a job I loved to search for adventure. I feel the
There can’t be many places in Italy or even Europe that can match the grittiness and cultural richness of Naples. Add to this concoction a menacing volcano and two ill-fated ancient cities in the neighboring towns of Herculaneum and Pompeii and you will have a recipe for one of the most fascinating places you will ever visit.
We are visiting this region by motorhome and we have already been staying at the Agricamping Stone Vesuvius not far from the ruins of Herculaneum (blog
I was relieved to get my first dose of the Covid-19/SARS-CoV-2 vaccine recently. Shortly after receiving my jab the friendly nurse at the vaccination centre handed over my vaccination card with a date stamped on it and a space for the date of my second dose. She smiled and with a twinkle in her eye she said… “Here it is, your passport to freedom”. Her words summarizing exactly how I felt.
My husband also had his vaccine a few days before mine and just like mine, it was easy, painless
Visiting the Ancient Ruins of Herculaneum and the formidable Mount Vesuvius were top of the list for our two-month motorhome tour of Italy.
We had already been traveling in Italy by motorhome for over a month when we arrived in this region. Having just left the Umbrian town of Assisi behind, we joined the toll roads towards Campania, at a cost of 24 Euros, and arrived at Agricamping Stone Vesuvius (GPS N43.0645, E14.36368) in Ercolano just 4 hours later.
It was a small campsite, but we managed
The Italian region of Umbria is not nearly as popular as neighboring Tuscany, and yet it has some enchanting hilltop medieval towns and impressive Renaissance masterpieces, minus the crowds found in so many of the popular towns in Tuscany. We debated about adding Umbria to our two-month motorhome tour of Italy, but with hindsight we are really glad that we have crossed the border into Umbria to visit the underrated city of Perugia and the holy town of Assisi.
Umbria is situated in central Italy,