Day 18 - Driving to Rome

On Day 18 (June 23) we drove a lot so there’s not much excitement to share. We left our beautiful campsite and set our sights on getting as close to Rome as we could. Italy is ready for campervan-ers and has a lot of “Camper Sostas” (motorhome stopovers) along the autostrada so I knew we would be fine not knowing exactly what our destination was. 

The drive was pretty with lots of vineyards, olive groves, and castles in walled hilltop cities. We were still able to appreciate the beauty of our surroundings, even driving by quickly. 

We made it to a motorhome stopover an hour and a half from Rome, putting our travel time today at 8 hours. David is thankfully a great driver! He’s made our drive a smooth one on all kinds of roads. This one was fast and stressful, with Italian drivers who evidently don’t care about lane lines, speeding around us. 

Our stopover was a weird parking lot situated close to two train stations. There were other campers there and a friendly man who greeted us and showed us where to park. This stopover had bathrooms and showers that were impeccably clean. We soon discovered that the speed train next to the lot went by every few minutes and was very loud. So we all used ear plugs to help us sleep. Thankfully the train didn’t go by all night. But we were ready nonetheless. Tomorrow, we should be in Rome early enough to see some sights for half a day!