Vroom By The Sea

As the writer of amusing and entertaining travelogues, it's a weird feeling to be taken this seriously.

My favourite moments from my epic Vespa ride through the sunny parts of Italy.

This former bandit town now expresses its anger at the government through murals, not guns.

Riding through Sicily on a bright orange Vespa stirs up a long-forgotten childhood memory.

I engage the services of a roadside Vespa mechanic in Naples. What could ago wrong?

Where locals thank Mary with votive paintings after she spares their lives.

Welcome to bar that’s like Livorno itself – shabby, feisty and authentic as hell.