The Italian Essence

We left the UK at 8:30 on a Saturday night, towing the caravan (for the first time properly!) behind our "new-to-us" car, and drove through the night to catch the 3:00 a.m. ferry from Folkestone. Sleep completely eluded us. My husband managed an hour on the ferry — but then again, he could sleep on a pin! On the ferry We arrived in Calais at 6:00 a.m. and drove on… and on… and on — stopping briefly for a snooze (him) and a pit stop (me). Eventually, nearing the Alps, we found