Italian Tour September 2006

 

Good tools makes your trip easier! A detailed road-map and a log is what I use.
Date	Km per day	Fuel litres	Comments and notes
20060910	375	30	Hamburg at 15.30 for the Autozug again. Took road 523 through Schleswig-Holstein. Very good.
20060911	279		To Verona at 12.30 went to Riccione on country roads. Stayed at CaBianca. Battery cable loose. OK. Noticed while starting engine. Easy fix.
20060912	476	31	Sunny +28 Drove long the Adriatic, Senegallia, nice scenic view of the blue sea. Arrived at S:a Maria 16.00 in Gargano.
20060913	3		Sunny, +27 To Supermercato close to Vieste, very expensive. Found the market in Vieste instead.
20060914	18	34	sunny +29 to Vieste and the Agip station for fuel. Cool fellow there. Then to the market again. Beer and olives.
20060915	35		sunny and a bit rain +24. To Piescicchi north of Gargano. Cool place and very old.
20060916	341	30	Rain at first on our way to Trani and Fabio4ever. Excellent meeting together with the Italian classics.  www.garganovieste.it  Sun came back again with +26. Drove to the Castello del Monte in Puglia. Built 1240 by Fredrik 2nd. Oil pressure OK even with a very warm engine. Good.
20060917	15		Just shopping at the market. Sunny +26 then the beach and pool
20060919	124		Sunny +25. Drove to Monte San Angelo. Oh, so beautiful.
20060920	20	19	Sunny +22. No car wash in Vieste. Back home again
20060922	87		Sunny +27. Drove north to V. Garganico. Almost lost in Foresta Umbra. Lots of trees and cattle opn the road. Funny.
20060923	17		Sunny +27. To Vieste to the market.
20060924	18	16	Sunny +25. To the market only.
20060926	300		Rain and showers. +21. Drove all the way to Montecassino. Thunder. Took ages. Spider all wet inside due to rain being pressed into the interior. ¤%¤#¤¤!
20060927	197	31	Sun again +21. To the Montecassino. www.montecassino 1944 Then over the mountains to Tivoli Terme, just outside Roma. Spider is still wet inside..
20060929	117	24	Sunny +25. Tivoli Terme and Roma. Then to DCI Hotel Collony close to Via Flaminia NE in Rome.www.colonyhotel.it
20061001	29		Roma sun and +24. Massimiliano of DCI www.duettoclub.it took us to meet the DCI at Pa Mazzini. What a day. Then the DCI took us through the Centro Storico if Rome. I'll never forget that tour!
20061002	310	12	Shades but still +22. Drove Via Flaminia to Assisi and Poppi. Hotel Toricella www.hotellatorricella.it  where we have stayed several times. Very, very good. Noise from rear wheel bearing right side.
20061003	285	29	Clouds +21. Drove over Londa - ss556 - ss67 - Dicomano. Found a hotel just outside Verona. Had a really good meal there.
20061004	48		Sunny +25 in Verona. Good hotel Novo Rossi by the station. Very good. Went to the Arena, we'll have to go there next year. Then the Autozug back again Verona - Hamburg. Silly staff fooled us for compartment fee. ¤%¤#¤&%!
20061006	355	28	Home again in rain through Denmark. OK! Have to change the rear wheel bearings ASAP.
Grand total	3449 Km	284 Litres
			www.highwoodalfa.com for spares.