london1952 | Wherever I Lay My Head !

As the song goes, "Wherever I Lay My Head...." ! I'm sure I drive Franco (

london1967 ) insane sometimes, but I've never been good with "basic" accomodation on holiday, so when planning our trips he is always very mindful of what I may, or, more importantly, may not like ! And when we have a touring trip, like Calabria, the search becomes even more intensive......... But, he always does well ! Luckily we both like small intimate places rather than big anonymous hotels. Me, high maintenance ?? LOL

Our second stop on the tour was Tropea for two nights, and we stayed at the Villa Antica , which had a bit of the feel of one of the Florida gay resorts we stayed in a few years ago. We called our room "Pompeii meets Essex" ! .....though a number of design faults needed looking into..... however we enjoyed our stay. Breakfast was served in the large first floor conservatory, with table service.... that almost became comedy as the waitress would keep bring trays and trays of all sorts of food in no particular order ! and on our first morning the chap from reception came all the way up to present us with what turned out to be a shot of schnapps (or something similar) with a slice of apple in it, a case of WTF as we saw no-one else get this treat ! ......and me with a full day of driving ahead..... oh well, all in the holiday spirit !

Is it a sports car or a bath ? ... we never tried it out as there was also a large wet-room style shower, though being a step up (rather than down) it was very prone to flooding..... a very smart, but rotting, wooden vanity unit indicated this had been going on for some considerable time...... Besides, amongst the many switches we couldn't locate what worked what !! LOL

Our next two night stay was in Scilla, with "Hello" magazine furniture, though with a great view from the bedroom terrace of sunsets and the christmas pudding shaped, slightly smoking, island of Stromboli, and firework display one night to signal the end of Carnevale