Grand Hotel d'Aragona Bari

As it turns out, filling that day wasn't so much of a problem.... we tootled out of town, found a beach, wandered about & looked at the boats; tootled back, found somewhere to eat, had a chat with a few Brits and - hey presto! - before you knew it, time for bed! But the one on board was a bit more of a challenge... all 13 hours of it! BIG ...

... These<br style="font-family: yui-tmp;">Danny Wallace<br>purchased my last day in London<br>completed in Paris or maybe Geneva<br>===========================<b r>There's a scene in Knocked Up where Seth Rogen's character jokes that he thinks he'd like Vince Vaughn, that they would enjoy hanging out together. I'm pretty sure everyone feels that way about Danny Wallace, and I'm pretty sure it's true. Dave Gorman ...

... red light district of the neigbourhood and the freizes on the walls. This was pretty interesting..and about all we had time for. We wandered out and had a Granita- orange for Dan and blackberry for me. We walked around the stalls selling touristy stuff, they were pretty desperate for a sale which didn't make you want to buy anything!<br> Another Granita and a sit down later, we walk to the bus to get back on head off to the Greek ...

The most surprising thing I found before leaving England was that no one even know where Basilicata was! Even friends who thought they knew Italy well weren't aware of Basilicata as its not very well known. On the plane from Stansted, most of the English people we spoke were going on holiday to visit family or friends and most were staying in Puglia, not Basilicata. <br><br>If you're planning to visit Basilicata, you will defintely need ...

... 15 hour boat ride.<br><br>We boarded the ferry and set off. Of course on our grocery run we bought some beer and wine, so we began the drinking on the top deck. After a while we had quite the crew: the Australian couple, the 3 Spokane guys, and then 4 Irish lads. We stayed up late drinking and talking under the stars...it was pretty cool.<br><br>Then we went to bed. On this ferry ...

This is where Pietro, an old Italian guy, jumped into Bruce and navigated us to the trulli. He saved us from a traffic jam in the narrow streets of Puglia.<br><br>Pete was also called Pietro while in Italy. :-)<br><br>Trullo comes from the Greek word, "tholos" &#8211; meaning &#8220;dome&#8221;. See the pictures of the wee houses.<br><br>We found the Belvedere pub here too - also the name of our local in Aus &#8211; meaning &#8220;beautiful view&#8221;. It was beautiful.

... She gave us all a gift! I got a silver ball necklace, it's really beautiful. Everyone here is just too nice. We leave on Wednesday and i just cannot imagine leaving all of these people. They have become our family. Tomorrow they're having a party in the hotel for a day celebrating Women! that should be interesting... then on saturday they're taking us to go dancing! boy that was a long entry, i hope i remembered everything. pictures soon!! Love you!!!!!! Miss you all sooo much! Manda

... and got treated to a spectacular view, we could see for miles, rolling mountains, harsh jagged peaks, roads twisting up them and slicing thru them, rashes of houses and big clustered towns, we could even see the sea. Saw some of the cuirassed pine trees - strange gnarly bark, growing right off the ridge of the mountain, defying the laws of physics. They apparently only left growing here in the Pollino national park and in one other country (can't remember which). We parked near a refuge (a ...

... too many travel blogs of people sitting for hours at the border, struggling to catch a minibus in a country that doesn't really have organized public transportation, etc. So, three ferries was the plan. I know we've been harping on our accommodations lately, but this entry it's necessary to warn other people about Montenegro Lines. Do not, I repeat do not, waste your money on a cabin with this ferry line. We "splurged" on a two-person cabin since we were taking two ...

This town wasn't in any of my travel guides but it was a great place. Cheap and delicious food, very helpful travel agents, and an old quarter to die for. There were lots of old churches, some of which were turned into apartment buildings. This town gave me a real taste of Italy...and on my last day too! Check out the sunset and the alleys!