Cultural in Molise.

Today's first call was to the Paleolithic Museum just outside Isernia. My guide book advised that I would need to pre-book but I turned up on the off chance and I was made very welcome, I think the custodian was fed up with all the screaming school parties. One part of the museum is built over an ongoing archeological dig and some of the artefacts they have found are on display in the museum. The site was discovered in 1979 during excavations for a road and the oldest part of the dig has been identified at between 650,000 to 700,000 years ago, the oldest site so far discovered in Europe. The next visit was to a museum in Campobasso but that turned into another farse, it was the lunchtime rush hour and of course there was no parking so I departed rapidly and retired to a ristorante in the country, I asked for a glass of red to go with the meal but the waiter brought me a half litre when I asked him to change it he poured half of it into a litre carafe that a couple of lorry drivers were sharing, simples. The restaurant was next door to my next stop, the Roman town of Saepinum. I nearly had the place to myself there were a few sheep, goats and chickens that kept me company. There are some farms and cottages on the site and some of the old ones have incorporated parts of the original buildings, very relaxing to walk around after my huge lunch.