Local markets are fun and a great way to see how and what locals shop. I read that Bari, the capital and biggest city in Puglia had a great fish market. This would be a perfect start for the day, before our “free” tour of Bari at 10.30. Google maps this time had no trouble […]
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Today we were having a democracy morning. As I have stated, Yoni and I have mostly shared the trip planning duties over the last 15 years and we institute differing forms of benevolent dictatorship. Sometimes there is a need to allow our subjects some personal time, rather than be led from A to B to
DAY 5. A Happy Mix We had discussed over dinner that staying in an off season wedding hall was not where we wanted to camp on a holiday in Italy. Yoni’s role of minister for food and drink was temporarily upgraded to accommodation czar and he found a lovely B+B in the middle of Monopoli’s
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We came to Vieste because it’s on the tip of the bulge on the heel of Italy and is in a very charming (of course) area. The official name of this area is the Gargano peninsula and it has a large and special national park covering a good deal of the entire region. When researching
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The trabocchi coast and Gargano peninsula Garry duly arrived at 8.15, completing the make-up of our 4 person troupe. After a rather unappetizing breakfast, which included the weirdest cup of coffee I had ever tasted, we took a morning walk around the town of Vasto, highlighted by a promenade above the coast with beautiful views
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L’Aquila is a nice, elegant, college town without an abundance of things to see. At least not since 2009, when a major earthquake destroyed a lot of the city. You still see a lot of scaffolding and restoration work, especially around very many churches and palaces. I imagine that once all the restoration is complete,
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The thought of having 24 hours alone, anywhere, especially in Italy, before being joined by friends, is ?????…..Fill the missing word in yourselves, depending how you feel about it. I found it invigorating. Unfortunately, it wasn’t really 24 hours of footloose and fancy free, as I had some serious commitments that included meetings and an
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