We decided to get to France a bit earlier than necessary as the military man on the TV weather said rain was on the way! See also next entry for our probs with Italy! We drove aross the "calf" of Italy on Monday and headed for the coast south of Rome. We were looking for a moderately large seaside town with quiet hotels and reastaurants, a laundrette and internet office, and some coastal cycling! Latina fails on most scores, but the rest of coastal Italy seemed closed! After lengthy inspections of the coast we ended up there in the rush-hour with little to help us find a place to hang our hats!
Eventually we found the Hotel Rose (in Holiday Inn chain) - very friendly & helpful and with one trattoria nearby (behind the bowling alley!)! Next day we drove to Sadaubia on the staff's advice and realised it met (nearly) all the previous criteria! It was built by Mussolini as a model new town and has an impressive length of beach backed by a lagoon. A lovely ride on the bikes but of course most places were closed!
Camera battery also flat so no pics!
(The "nearly" for town facilities refers to our quest with a bag of dirty washing for the promised laundrette that turned out to be a dry cleaners disguised as a tobacconists!)
That evening we ate at the same place and tried to book our next ferry. The receptionist couldn't find the ampersand sign on the keyboard so we had to set off next day without a firm booking! We will need a very good reason to return to the centre of Latina!
On Wednesday morning we set off for the exit from Italy and handled the Rome ring road fairly well to arrive at Civitavecchia 60 km north on a deserted Autostrada. Things were getting better!
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