Today, mom and I drove from Rome to our hotel on the east coast of Italy in the town of San Vito Marina (San Vito Chietino). It was an adventure just leaving Rome. We took a Taxi to the Hertz rental car agency from our hotel (15 E, 5 mins away); it was about 1.3 miles away and we were going to walk, but we were told it was hard to find our way back in Rome driving, so we decided just to bring all of our stuff with us. We got there and the car was all ready for us (with mom’s name on the screen)- the guy was very nice and gave us directions out of Rome, though we still got a little lost and the GPS helped us get back on track and on the A24 heading East. Mom says that driving a stick is like riding a bike: you don’t forget! And she did very well driving in Rome and on the highways. In fact, we both think that Italians are more cautious than the French and so far it’s been easier to drive here than in France (knock on wood, because it was Sunday today). We drove on the Autoroute for about 100 km until we then switched to the A25 towards Pescara and we got off the Autoroute to go to the town of Scanno. There are a few videos of the drive through the steep cliffs and mountains! We saw snow too for the first time today in the mountains which were beautiful. We went through one town, Albruzzo Al’bergo or something like that, that was a charming little town with tiny streets. It was great leaving Rome- I think mom and I were both ready to get out of the touristy area. So we have now arrived in San Vito Marina and are staying in a nice hotel called Hotel Garden right across the street from the water. We tried to find a restaurant for dinner this evening, but had no luck as it was Sunday. We did meet this lovely man who spoke a little broken English and he helped us find a Pizzeria so at least we have some Pizza for dinner. We also learned that the fish (pesche) is brought in daily only Monday through Friday so we should not eat fish on the weekends and that most Italians (at least on this side of the country) eat meat on Sunday’s only. Tomorrow we will drive down the coast to our next one night stop in Mattinata.
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