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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 ...
Lecce
Lecce is sometimes called the Florence of the south Peninsula because of the soft limestone used in the very ornate architecture called the barocco leccese and the city is filled with Baroque monuments particularly churches. Also notable is the traditional handicraft art of paper mache' - extremely ugly and often huge religious images. The old city is just a treat to walk through - you find yourself ...
Baroque Blast
... into the evening. It's the Southern European equivalent of rubbing salt in the wound, where they deep fry you and then stick you under the heat lamp, waiting to be served like an order of French fries at McDonald's!
Places like this spoil a traveler, because it's so beautifully-Baroque - seemingly around every corner is a lovely church, filling the morning with countless "wow" moments. I've had my fill of Baroque traveling through Western Europe over ...
Fresh Off the Boat
... to. So ... if the ferry normally leaves at 3 PM, why not change the schedule to reflect that, as well as ferry ticket, which clearly says noon? I wasn't the only confused passenger, as dozens of others were on board by 11:30 AM like me, sitting around for almost two hours before departure.
Though I suppose we were lucky to be underway at 2:15, I won't be arriving at 6:30 PM after all, at the B&B in Lecce, tonight's final destination. That was the time ...
Into the heel of Italy
... area to the short haul Brits looking for a sunny patch of sand and sea.)
We arrived in Otranto, tired and hungry, having completed the 300 km ride (Andy earned about another 50 km) in 5 days. Seeing the countryside by bike was spectacular, and the distances covered were just right for us. On days that were shorter, we either enjoyed a slower pace, lingering in the towns, or we added more miles by extending the route. The company we ...