Identifier: enroutedescripti00trev (find matches)
Title: En route; a descriptive automobile tour through nine countries & over nineteen great passes of Europe
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Trevor, Roy
Subjects: Europe -- Description and travel
Publisher: London : E. Stanford
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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he fresh air, and we are flying up aglorious mountain pass on whose summit stands theruined fort of Fra Diavolo, and as the road com-mences the descent we come upon Itri, a cluster ofhouses perched perilously against the side of asteep hill. A beautiful sweeping descent and wereach the sparkling sea. Looking towards Naples both sky and sea wereenveloped in inky darkness as though a giant stormwas brewing. * I hardly think we ought to gomuch further, I said, pointing to the darknessahead. Couldnt we stay at some little town, and go onto-morrow ? Sheila suggested ; were near toGaeta, arent we ? We are in Gaeta bay, broke in Ken, who hadbeen studying the map, and theres Gaeta itself,he added. On our right the land stretched far out into thecool blue waters, forming a promontory some threemiles in length. On its extremity lay Gaeta, apiled up jumble of white houses glistening in thesunshine. Lets stop there, Sheila exclaimed, it looks socool and inviting—dont you think so, Dorothy ? 166
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AN I \ I i:i;;();; A FLYING GLIMPSE OF ITALY I do, responded Doroth)^ I was ratherafraid that we were going into that fearful darkness.It will be delightful. The sun was sinking over the hills behind us aswe followed the road round the edge of the lapping-waters, passing through several small but very busyvillages crowded with people, whose sole occupationseemed to be fishing, and who accorded us a noisywelcome. Though Gaeta is renowned in history, itsaccommodation for unexpected visitors is miserablydeficient ; at least that was our experience. Thetown is beautifully situated with quaint harboursand cobbled streets, but the hotel was dirty and thefood bad, and spoilt our short stay in that celebratedlittle seaport. We left early next morning, return-ing over the same road round the beautiful bay.Towards Naples the whole sky was as black as ink,and a few miles further would bring us into the rainof ashes, so reluctantly we were forced to postponeour visit to Naples and Sicily, and ret

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