/tags/matera/ Recent content in Matera on The Modrich Blog Hugo -- 0.147.8 en-us Lucas Modrich Fri, 30 May 2025 20:40:00 +0200 /posts/2025/05/30/matera/ Fri, 30 May 2025 20:40:00 +0200 /posts/2025/05/30/matera/ <p>Today we drive!</p> <p>We hired a car from a local rental company (<a href="https://www.gorentgo.it">GoRent</a>) and drove to Matera for a day trip.</p> <p>Driving in Italy is exciting! The cities and towns are the hard part. Once you’re on the Autostrada, it’s plain sailing.</p> <p>The traffic signs are confusing. When it seems to say 50 km/h and you do this, others feel like they are passing you at warp speed.</p> <p>🤌</p> <p>Not keen on getting a speeding fine, I follow what the speed signs and the car GPS tell me—until it feels dangerous, and then I speed up to “local traffic speed” for a bit to avoid accidents.</p>