Two free nights in Sostas

We had not tried the Italian sostas (camper stops) until now. Rosemary selected one south of Assisi at Trevi in the Spoleto valley - except it wasn't. It was 500ft up the side of the valley 'in the most spectacular position of any of the hilltop villages' - guide book quote. I was a bit apprehensive about trying the hill but it was getting a bit late and the Twurp hasn't let us down yet. We got some some very funny looks when we appeared in the village square - and we were the only van in the basic sosta - what a surprise. Lovely village with steep windy streets, boxes of geraniums everywhere and spectacular views. We stopped in Bevagna the next day, another pretty village actually in the valley, which was teeming with locals in Sunday best after a confirmation service. We walked around the village a bit and then they were gone - presumably to lunch. That seemed a good plan and we had an excellent, simple, lunch in the main piazza beside two Germans who were cycling to Rome. There was a much smarter, bigger, sosta here with 6 motorhomes staying but we moved on and stayed in the huge car park of the Grotto de Fassis, which is a bit like Matlock Bath, on our way through the mountains to the east coast. This time we just had a senior Italian couple for company and Rosemary did some more fraternizing. The announcer on the nearby railway station woke us the next morning - I think it was the 6-50 to somewhere.