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Italia , 18$/Gal Avgas
... s , so it is a real Challenge in a Quick Airplane.
Went to Italia to see Carlo .he lives in the Salento Area , the Heel side of the Adriatic See and I really liked the area a lot being there about 30 years ago, where the same house I looked at then is still sitting on a cliff about 8o feet above the Water and the house still not finished only the Walls and roof is done, and nobody knows anything about it.
I really like to find out and would if possible ...
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 ...
Wine - start to almost finish
... to the traditional way. So the end result was about 700 litres of grape juice which we then took to Franco's home in town and transferred to the wine vats. Very beautiful earthenware huge pots. They will taste the wine in about 11 days - sometimes the fermentation needs to be assessed. Then the 11 November is the first tasting - big celebration. So sad we will not be there. We really had the best day and very special experience thanks to Sal & Rog for the friends that they have ...
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 ...
The long lunch
... fridge awaiting tomorrows preparation. Sunday 26 August Up early to get to bernadettas for cooking - via the Sunday cake shop as it is always polite to take cakes when visiting. Sal and I dropped off - greeted warmly by Benadetta and Franco - the cooking starts. The kitchen is quite small so with four of us in there it was a bit cramped but benadetta was in charge - many instructions to Franco in furious Italian - he following exact instructions. Firstly there was ...