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Travel Blogs from Lecce
Italia , 18$/Gal Avgas
I have not updated the Blog for while , got so busy in Europa , especially in Switzerland with my Family , staying with Mother and all my sibling Elsi, Rene , Werner ,Bruno, Daniel and there Family that the 3Month in Europa went by in no time.
Trying to catch up now while Im in Florida trying to sell the House.
Flying from North to south in Switzerland takes about 20minutes in the SX and one gets really busy with all the Airspace restrictions ,MOA,s ...
Farewell Italia
Our 80 days in Italy have been so happy and it has been such a wrench to leave our beautiful friends. Sal and Rog have made this journey possible for us and we have loved every minute of it. We have laughed our way through the whole journey. We are now on an Alitalia flight to Roma then on to Bodrum via Istanbul. I do hope this will be a smooth transition as we have had some difficulty with Pegasus Airlines and after an email this morning from them saying ...
Lecce
... up at the fabulous buildings and monuments. The churches are ornate both inside and out. Lecce dates back to the time of the Trojan Wars then the city was conquered by the Romans in the 3rd century BC. Lecce was governed by the Byzantine Empire from 549 AD for 5 centuries. The Normas conquered the city in the 11th century and Lecce began to grow as a commercial center for the area. Roman Amphitheater ...
Day 12 - Napoli - Amalfi Coast - Brindisi
... had been through France Germany Austria, Hungary, Crotatia, Italy and now on to Greece. I was blown away by their adventure. They had run out of money in Italy and worked on a farm for a few weeks to get back on the road. They were on such a tight budget that they were carrying their own water rations in a WW2 ammo case which had been well fastened to their bike. They didn’t know when their trip was ending, but they were keen to try Greece ...
Baroque Blast
... me to change my illiterate ways!
An interesting thing happened as I sat atop the roof, reading and drinking a white wine from Puglia, the region where Lecce is located - the owner of the building, and of the three separate B&Bs inside, asked if I minded being part of a photo shoot he was running today. Sure, why not? What started out as passive shots of me in the background ended up being more participatory, with me appearing to drink wine ...
Amenities
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Free parking