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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Amazing, unique, quirky, weird Japan I’ve finished detailing our eleven day holiday in Japan, but haven’t finished with Japan. We only saw one very small, albeit significant part of the country and know that there is so much more to see and do. It isn’t just the see and do that makes Japan so fascinating.
Day 11. Goodbye Kyoto, Sayonara Japan Simon and I woke early so we could say goodbye to Yoni and were intent to make the most of our last day. We were flying out to Australia together in the evening, so had the whole day together. As I wrote earlier, there is no way you can