June 11
Happy Birthday Mom! We miss you!
Today has been a wonderful day. We left Lecci heading to Alberobello via the beach. We didn’t have any specific beach in mind, just ones we found in google. We struck out a couple of times but on our 3rd try we hit pay dirt. Well, actually it was a very nice beach that had sand, not rocks. I even waded in the water up to my mid-calves. While cold, it was warmer than the water in the Hilton pool. I think I could have actually gotten used to it enough to swim but I didn’t have my suit on and there wasn’t anyplace to change. Besides, then I’m all sandy which I hate.
We spent about an hour at the beach before getting back on the road and heading for Alberobello. The unique feature of this town is the Trullo Village, a large collection of stone houses with conical roofs. Symbols meaningful to the owner are often painted on the roofs. It is a much bigger tourist destination than I realized. There were people following flags all over the place.
Most people no longer live in trullo. The part of town we visited are for the tourists with tons of shops and restaurants. Then there is another section of homes across town that are used mainly as rentals.
Here are several pictures of the tourist part of the village.
It’s crazy hot again (had not idea it would be this hot this early in the summer; technically it’s still spring) so we had a lighter lunch of panini in an outdoor café. We were under an umbrella so it wasn’t too bad.
Then we headed to the trulli house where we are spending the night. It’s on the other side of town from the tourist village and is wonderful. It has all the character of a 100 year old trulli but is nicely renovated. Our host, Giovanna, is wonderful and left us all kinds of goodies. Hopefully, Peter won’t either hit his head on the low arched doorways or break his neck on the stairs when he gets up to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Barring those catastrophes, it is a very cool place to spend the night.
Here are a few pictures and a video Peter took.
Here’s the link to the Airbnb listing which has more pictures. https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/20097875?source_impression_id=p3_1560263122_bgHB3A1GNh7KBYdt
And here’s the link to the video Peter took that we posted on YouTube.https://youtu.be/HGUtDCriBEU
It’s still early, just 4:45pm now but we’ve been settled for a couple of hours. And this is where we plan to stay for the evening. It will be nice to have a home-cooked dinner for a change. Unlike other adventures, we’ve been staying in more hotels than flats and I’m getting tired of eating out. As much as I love pasta and pizza, too much of a good thing is, well….too much.
Talk soon.