The long drive home begins.

The stay at an Italian resort was quite relaxing when I could get away from the entertainments team's extremely loud Europop which they played at various venues throughout the resort without any warning, but now the drive home has begun. I had a lovely drive through the countryside from Metaponto to Termoli which was brightened up by the Layby Lils from Foggia all the way to the coast, I waved to them all, funnily enough not one of them waved back. The coast road along the Adriatic is very slow so reluctantly I jumped on the toll motorway which was OK until I came off when the automatic cashier gobbled my ticket and cash and then shut down still owing me €9.50, after lots of Italian shouting from the machine itself they gave up and raised the barrier for me. I will lay money that I now get a bill for a lost ticket but I will email my dissatisfaction and follow it up with a letter when I get home. Tonight I am staying at The Secret Osteria up in the hills west of Ancona, a lovely location and the restaurant is very popular with the locals so tonight's dinner should be good. Tomorrow's destination is Garda.