Sunday 20th April.

Sunday 20^th April.

Woke up with a ray of sunshine beaming through the tiny window in Kathy’s bedroom in a dreamlike state, speculating how many generations of Italians had slept here before us……looking at the same painting surrounding the room!!!! I started the day with a freezing cold shower*#@!……how was I to know, you had to turn on the heating and then wait for the old pipes to warm up, before jumping in!

After everyone else had their waaarrm showers, we had a leisurely breakfast and then said our goodbyes to Kathy and Harley. We drove in brilliant sunshine through very busy traffic on the roads. Being Sunday and most Italian’s only full day off…. there were high powered motorbikes, convertible sports car and heavily decaled, lycra clad cyclists everywhere. I think the beautiful weather had bought out all the Italian’s showy road toys, to enjoy their love for speed and dare devil overtaking!!! It didn’t take too long after examination of the madness on the roads that we opted to take the autostrade…..I think a safer option to travel at 150kph than wonder which bend would be our last!

We arrived home mid afternoon and I relaxed on a sun lounge out on the terrace, soaking up the warmth of the sun……..Dolce Vita (sweet life)!