Our absolutely amazing month long Italy trip is at the end!! We’ve seen so much and had the best time doing it!! Our trip back to Rome (on Sept. 29) was no less interesting as we drove a coastal route from Benabbio to near the airport.
It was super cool to see the change in geography from our mountainous Tuscany landscape to the farm lands of the Tyrrhenian Sea shore. We drove past Livorno – a large port that the cruise ships land at and along a highway that went right by the shore. We stopped for lunch in a small town called San Vincenzo and walked along a really well made breakwater.
The last part of our drive was busier, especially when we got near the airport. We stayed in a small hotel in Fiumicino and were able to walk down to the beach for our last Aperol spritz! Although we only spent a few hours in this area, we found it to be clean and very community minded with lots of folks walking and biking along the boardwalk. It’s a good thing the beach area was so nice because the hotel left a lot to be desired (noisy, hard beds and no hot water for showers!!).
The hotel was supposed to have an airport shuttle but didn’t so we kept the car so we could drive to the airport in the morning. Matthew and Margie’s flight was early (9:40am departure) so we left for the airport at 6:30am! Our flight doesn’t leave until 2 pm so we have a little time to kill before we can check in and drop off our luggage. Time to enjoy a second cappuccino!!
Italy has been wonderful! Travelling with Margie and Matthew has also been wonderful – we get along so well!! Time to start planning our next combined holiday!!
Crimson Kathryn and her crew 