Wed.15th. Feb. Sunshine!! Woke up this morning, not a cloud in the sky. Sun was shining and the world was a better place, sea was blue, there was frost on the roof. It was freezing!! We set off for Matera, about 70Ks. A really pleasant drive, stopped on the way to buy some fish, fishmonger was waiting for the boats to come in. Cottage pie tonight. Tomorrow we WILL get fish. Matera was fascinating, the old town, on a lower level, built over caves in the rock, it was used for the filming of Mel Gibson's film about Christ. There was snow and slush on all the footways and Jan was very nervous about falling. We had planned to stay the night in the town but the sosta was next to the station and bus station. I didn't fancy the prospect of getting snowed in up there either. We are camped on a deserted road, way out in the country and there is just silence and a sky full of stars. Taranto tomorrow.