We headed south into Italy’s heel awaiting our departure from Brindisi to Greece that was due in three days. About an hours drive south of Brindisi, past Lecce, we found many excellent free camping options right by the beach. read more
Yup, it was expected that sooner or later something will go wrong. As we were driving through a rather long tunnel without a hard shoulder, the little, red, “you’re loosing coolant mate” light started flashing disco style on the dashboard. We knew right away what the problem was as it’s a re-occurring fault that got us twice before on the English soil. One of the rubber coolant hoses loosens and pops out of a pvc pipe that connects it with the radiator at the front of the van. read more
From the lake we headed for the east coast. Our drive took us though The Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini, a beautiful, mountainous national park. read more
From Pienza we headed to Lago Trasimeno in Umbria. We free camped by the lake in different locations for the next two nights. read more
Having left Volterra we visited Pienza a very picturesque renaissance town, which in 1996 was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. read more
Volterra, a hilltop town in Tuscany, was our next stop and we stayed in a campsite just outside the towns walls. read more
The drive took us though the French Italian boarder near the coast. We opted to take a toll road at this point due to the high volumes of August traffic along the coastline. Our German T3 friends had just come through this bit of coastline (without using the toll) it took them hours just to travel a few miles. read more