25/07/11 Day 29 Croatia to Italy

There is something about leaving and entering a country by ship. Better then passing a notice by side of road 'Welcome to Austria', or spending 2 hours at each end of a flight from gatwick to arrive in Spain. Ok the bit in between the crossing can be a bit boring, but it was a nice sunny day out in the Adriatic. The clouds were back by Italy though.


If you are going to go to Italy I would not suggest Bari as a good point of entry, the port is huge but OK. When you get to the main gate there is a little green sign pointing to the autostrada.


So off you go, but no more signs, you end up in more & more run down parts of Bari, until in the end at a T junction (end of th eroad) I turned right down an alleyway, trying to get back to the coast road. The locals were jumping up & down thinking I was mad, but we got through.


The next road did the same ending at a T junction, another right turn, wider road and at last back on main road, then a signpost to Foggia, bliss the road out of Bari.



Except that when the Italians get behind the wheel they are all in a Ferrari and are Michael Schumacher, and when you are towing a one ton trailer it's not easy trying to avoid them. Still we survived and found our hotel, although that was fun too.

It is OK had a great meal, lovely old waiter, only thing I had not spotted when researching it on google etc was that it was right by the main railway line in & out of Bari. However the trains eased off from about 11pm till 6pm so we got some sleep.


Ho hum and we are going to Naples & Rome !!