Garden Hotel Bari
26 via Edoardo Germano, 70056, Molfetta (Ba) Bari, Puglia, 84017, Italy
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Sorry St. Nick
Did you know that St. Nick was buried in Bari, Italy? Or so the story goes. And his corpse oozes oil that the basilica sells. That would have been something to see and share. We did see St. Nicola's Basilica from afar, from the ship that is. Due to our late departure, we only docked for provisions, very brief and no exploring. By bed time, we were "ciao bella"ing Italy. ...
Day 289 - Alberobello & the East Coast
... We both cracked up at that.
EXPECTED:
Italian drivers are impatient and often reckless. Two examples.
1) On the way into Bari, the rain picked up but did nothing to deter the urgency of the drivers. At a few stoplights, wewere 5 or 6 cars back, a car BEHIND us would aggressively honk their horn IMMEDIATELY as the light turned green: sort of a proactive reminder that they were in a hurry.
2) Off the main ...
Bari - day 58
... br>
So I lied, we didn’t reeeeeeeally miss the boat to Italy, we nearly/would have/were for sure going to miss it, but now we’re on it
This trip so far I have:
- travelled to the furthest point north on the planet I have ever been (Copenhagen)
- travelled to the further point south in the Mediterranean Sea I’ve ever been (Santorini)
- paid the highest taxi fare I’ve ever paid
And I’m still going ...
Wonderful Family afternoon
... fresh fish....and course wine. I had to be mindful that I still had another couple of hours ride! It was a feast, and afterwards we went off for Beatrice to show me around the town where she was brought up with her 4 siblings. Her father and grandfather were fishermen and grew up in the old town in a place where her grandfather said he could jump out of the window into the sea, The space under the apartment used to be the fishing-net storage area and the cousin who ...
Five hours to get from Capo D'Orlando
Monday: three hour bus ride from Capo D'orlando to Catania.. 1 hour plane to Roma... *******s took my Etna wine bottle off me. Then one hour plane to Bari... taxi to the port and a look around ...


