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Travel Blogs from Bari

Costa Fascinosa

A travel blog entry by mchawkrighttrip

okay I lied.. the Commentary will not be coming for a few days because the internet on the cruise is insanely expensive so we are doing our connecting to the outside world in cafes on shore. Today we docked in Bari and so far the city does not measure up to Venice but I don't blame it. Don't know if any city will ever compare! Will just post photos for the time being and continue writing sans internet and will upload the entries when I ...

SHOP Till WE DROPPPPP

A travel blog entry by asheevk

... which is what we do best!!!! Bari is actually a really quaint clean town. Palm trees line the roads with insane amounts of vespas and smart cars filling the road. We had an amazing mid morning snack at a cafe, beautiful pastries, gnocchi and the espresso was 100% on point. After spending a few hours in Bari, we decided to head back to the ship since all the stores and most cafes had closed at 2 pm. For those who have never been to ...

Oct 03, 2012

A travel blog entry by daveygreener

... All unnecessary. In foggia. Ad machine on a defective loop so the same broken soundbites have been in my ear for 2hours. Managed a first class coach to my self. Bus to Salerno was canceled when I got to Caserta but came anyway. So more chaos. Big pizza margarita when I ...

Bari...Santa's Mediterranean villa in off season

A travel blog entry by jannaiman

... red suit but was actually a tall, thin, black dude in a green robe! The ancient city is divided from the "new city" built under the Napoleanic era with French architecture. Both guides expressed concern that when the Italians surrendered to the Allies the Nazis "Pearl Harbored" the civilian population with a dawn sneak attack bombing of their city. Tomorrow we arrive in Greece.....stay tuned! ...

Trulli magnificent

A travel blog entry by bobstacytrips

... a few hours looking at them and then had some lunch. After that, we headed to our hotel and a nice swim in the pool.
This morning, we got up and headed on a Romanesque Puglia drive. We visited Trani and the Trani Cathedral. It is right on the Mediterranean Sea. They were preparing to have a wedding when we got there, so we kind of rushed through it. I climbed the bell tower, which was 270 steps and now my knee is sore. ...