Thermal baths in Saturnia, Pisa, almost Elba island and Rome. What else do you wish before Christmas?

I am taking the road from Bologna back to the italian west coast. There is no escape from Pisa, whatever I like it or not. I was first thinking to skip Pisa and go directly from Pianoro to Follonica, and I am glad I changed my mind.n I love Pisa. Pisa is an amazing city with deep history and highly variable architecture. Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa and you shall see the house he was born in in this video, the leaning tower is there and I explain why this tower of Pisa is so queer. 

Then I continue to Porto Santo Stefano cathing a December happening of LIGLU and EPIC EVENING AT LIGLU WITH IRON MAIS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6Say9WOxaE - what a great evening! What a great italian party!

​I'll go to Saturnia. This is a place where you can warm yourself up with natural thermal baths and forget everything you know about warm baths, bathtubs, jaccusies and bobbling massage baths at home. Italy has it all out in the nature. Views, places and culture.

I arrive Rome to meet one of my closest and best friends here. David taking me in and we make a dinner while we are building some plans for the future. I will spend Christmas and probably New Years eve in Rome.

​This time I am trying to locate the coast road between Frejus and Hyeres in Southern France. After looking at European map and taking the usual highway from Frejus to Hyeres, I looked instead at the map of France and found this road very quickly. It was nothing compared to what I expected, but I so some unusual places and got some new ideas about my future. The same day I drove up to Gorges du Verdon, the french Grand Canyon, with my old VW T3 to take a look around. If you are visiting the french riviera, you just need to buy an excursion to Gorges du Verdon and Gole del Verdon.

From amazing views to everyday life and more amazing views. In last episode of my Travel Log I mentioned that my planes had changed. See the episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LFQBvqV5B8

I am now on my way to Italy, instead of heading to Portugal. Jack Bottrill, the guy I met in Monaco some weeks earlier, are also in Italy and we agreed to meet outside Bologna in a place called Pianoro.  We made a couple of tasty dishes for dinner during the days together and went to explore Bologna on Sunday and it was a really pleasant experience. We went on the top of the tower in the middle of the city of Bologna and just walked around enjoying the city. To get to Bologna I drove the hole Italian riviera in the dark, and this is something I kind of regret doing. I hope I will be back exploring Italian Riviera closely soon enough. I passed all the way to Bologna trough the mountain area instead of taking highways. No need for my old VW to struggle trying to keep up on highways. Rather go in my own tempo on outside roads. Watch some cool views in Italy in this video.

Me and Jack has spend some days together and now it is time to separate our ways. May be for some time or may be forever. We just say "See You!" in case. You never know when you are on the road, may happen we meet again.

My daily life continues on the road in my little and comfortable Volkswagen T3 from 1982. Remember to subscribe to Need To Explore and see more of Italy in coming episodes with me, Michael Winall Youget.

In this episode I arrive in one of most famous places on Earth - Cannes, France. Trough soon 70 years with Cannes Film Festival this city had to transfom itself along with the festival. 

I barely noticed I arrived to Cannes from the north, after staying some days in Grasse. In my mind I had an image of luxurios town along the shore. At first it wasnt and therefore, I guess, I got confused. When I arrived to the promenade I got quickly all my thoughts in right place and understood that this is one of those cities that makes you feel special.

Sea view from the sandy beach surrounded by beautyful bay providing comeness to the waters inside the bay itself and variority of the small and bigger stores catch your eyes. Expensive, less expensive and everydays. You may choose as you desire.

I watch a carcrash with badly outcome for one of the cars. A VW Polo coming out from a crossroad in high speed and smashes into another car as this one standing still waiting for another car to move. Loud sound filled the streets around and almost jumped up in to the air of surprise as I was looking for running water in the nearby area from my VW T25/T3 - Polarekspressen. It was a rainy day in Cannes and I stayed "at home" the hole day, making myself a tasty dinner of something I never tasted before. Something very french.

For some time ago I got a tip from a local travel agency about taking a coast road from Frèjus to Hyeres and I am leaving Cannes to get to Frèjus. Passing some amazing landscapes I realize that the area around Cannes is the area on this planet I would like to settle down in. I always range the places I visit in three categories: I will like to stay here for one more day; I would like to be here for one more month; I will like to live here. Cannes is today in my last category, along with Frèjus.

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