Day 4 - Viterbo to Naples

Here it is - the news you have all been waiting for - we have actually
made it to Naples! We bowled up here in comfort and style (and in the
pouring rain) at about 4.30; actually one of the first to arrive for a
change.

We started out from Viterbo at 10:00 after having been given half an
hour to plan our route to fulfil today's challenges. Challenge 1 was
to find a specific newspaper vendor in one of five named towns;
Challenge 2 was to follow a set of fairly obtuse directions and
photograph certain points along the way; and Challenge 3 was to go to
one of five towns and decipher a picture clue in order to take a
specified photo. We did pretty well but made a couple of errors -
naturally we are blaming the ambiguosity of the clues for any of our
failings. We will find out who won the challenge in a few hours' time
- we have been told that we are very much in the running, but we're
not confident.

One real breakthrough we made today was learning how to drive the
Italian way. Anybody who tells you that the Italians are bad drivers
are simply not entering into the spirit of the thing! The basic
principle appears to be that you go at whatever speed you deem
appropriate: if someone wished to pass then past they go and if you
wish to boost past somebody else then they will happily sit three or
four abreast in the road as you fly through.

We are still updating the blog by e-mail so can't post pictures. As
soon as we find a cheap or free wifi network we'll treat the faithful
readership to a selection of the very best in holiday snaps.

M, S and I

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