Hotel del Levante Torre Canne

Destination 399

[Arrival from Ferry]

After a night with more than just a fiew hours of sleep on the ferry from Greece, I arrived early in the morning around 7:00am scared facing the heavily industrialized City of Brindisi! The first sight of Italy was not the most charming - hopefully to be changed soon. Therefore, after arrival and one of the quickest Immigragtion check (1 Minute), immediate departure on motorbike to explore more charming places.

See next entry.

My friends and I stayed at this bed and breakfast in Mola just south of Bari. It was the best yet. Large old English style accomodations, we stayed in an apartment with 2 bedrooms and 1 bath, large veranda overlooking the main street. It even had a full kitchen. The breakfast was the best we have experienced. It is worth the trip just for the accomodations. A nice beach area with breath taking views is just 10 minutes south in Polignano.

A must see for those off the tourist path.

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.

Pete was also called Pietro while in Italy. :-)

Trullo comes from the Greek word, "tholos" – meaning “dome”. See the pictures of the wee houses.

We found the Belvedere pub here too - also the name of our local in Aus – meaning “beautiful view”. It was beautiful.

After spending one more nite in Naples, we boarded the train and headed for Brindisi. There we would catch the overnite ferry to Corfu, Greece. I had been to Corfutown, a couple of times, but this, too, was Dennis' first time, and I was anxious to show him around.

We both thoroughly enjoyed the train ride. Intially, we were in a compartment with a young couple that made-out ...

... over 500 years old and ended up at the Adriatic sea! It was absolutely beautiful and i took a ton of pictures for you :) Tonight me and sam are taking a train trip to Rome!!!!!! the train leaves tonight at 9:30 pm and we dont' get there until 6 am tomorrow. We are meeting up with a teacher they had the first week, staying in a hotel and coming back on Sunday. I am so excited!! i will be sure to take lots and lots of pictures. love and miss you all!!

... and dancing in between, it was a lot of fun but took forever! they love to take time at meals. We danced with some really awesome people. Today we were supposed to go to the zoo to see PANDAS but it rained so it was closed, i was bummed but then pino, who owns the hotel, took us to the "White City". it was absolutely beautiful, i've never seen anything like it. i'm having sooo much fun with this group of people, and lovingg every minute of this trip!!

... and flowers! it's amazing. the architecture is beautiful. I havn't done much yet, but some shopping and gelato eating :) We are taking a weekend trip to Rome in a couple weeks and i'm reallyyy excited! i'll put some pictures up soon. oh, and i cut my hair the first night i was here! it's a lot shorter and i have bangs. That's all i can think of for now! Ciao!

... time now, Brad could mix it up with the best of them, driving Italian style. Barge through a tiny space, hand on horn, mount kerbs, force pedestrians out the way, manoeuver through spaces with an inch free on either side, but it was no good. On the whole trip, after an hour and a half of trying, this one town defeated us. WeŽd planned to go and see the bones of St Nicholas (as in him of Father Christmas fame ...

... was for 24th OCTOBER, not September! So I had to wait another couple of hours in the port, and once again found myself in Igoumenitsa at 1.00 a.m. for the 2.30 ferry across to Italy, but to Brindisi. I still havn't seen Igoumenitsa in daylight. 

... the country going for a rest every day around 1:30pm... maybe the Roma versus Milan match, and of course Nona.  Nothing is done ********** (ok maybe customer service but we won't go there); they even look fabulous, always put together, even to run around the corner for more olive oil for Nona.  We loved every minute of it and can't wait to go back.  But for now, we are off to Greece! Ciao Megan and Kevin