Inspired by the trip that Pier Paolo Pasolini made in 1959, partly with photographer Paolo di Paolo, in his Fiat Millecento all along the entire Italian coastline, it was time two months ago to get behind the wheel of my recently restored 1971 Alfa Romeo GT junior and follow some of his tracks but also to visit my favourite destinations and friends in Italy. Visiting Italy is always an amazing adventure because you will need at least a lifetime to discover all its treasures, beauty, history and fascinating people. Travelling at a leisurely pace gave me the opportunity to see much more than normal of this wonderful country. My diary of this journey also shows some precious moments eternalised during my earlier visits to Italy. In a five-week journey, I could only cover a small part of the Italian peninsula but, then again, that’s a wonderful reason to go back next year.