Majestic Brindisi

... Legume recipes mirror our old culinary tradition and way of living in Apulia, Southern Italy, a slow-living as authentic value: indeed they were most frequently used in the past by peasant people who cooked them into a clay pot "pignata".<br><br>In my opinion Grass-Pea "Cicerchia" is a very good alternative (though it is nowadays considered "old fashioned") to common legume dishes (lentils, peas, beans, chickpeas ...

Destination 399<br><br>[Arrival from Ferry]<br><br>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.<br><br>See next entry.

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

Hey!! Thank you all for the wonderful comments, i love hearing from everyone I'm sitting in class right now, during our break. Today we have event management class!! it's pretty interesting, we planned an event proposal yesterday and today we are planning an agenda and using excel to create a billing list. it's actually pretty fun! The other day we took a surprise trip instead of Italian Class to a Nature preserve. We drove through a field of trees that ...

... We spent the next couple of days in the ´heel of the boot´, around the lovely town of Lecce with its stately squares and grand sandstone buildings, then to Otranto, with its ornate cathedrals, both highlights of the region. We crossed towards the ´ínstep of the boot´ to the village of Gallipoli, a fortified headland (virtually an island) where the fishermen in their traditional boats mended nets by the port. The ¨Heel´- a great place to spend a few days.

... so we may<br>have forgotten some bits!)<br><br>While we had a lecture from our new friends Mauricio and Grazia about how we should watch our pockets in the seaport city of Bari (our next destination) and made it sound like a den of thieves, they should maybe have warned us that the city is so choked with traffic you couldn´t actually get into the city, let alone try and park a campervan. Having been in Italy ...

Ahh, we're getting closer to Greece. We set up base in Brindisi for a couple of days before we caught the ferry to Patras, Greece where my sister Kathy lives. Brindisi, is small and basically a port city. It was clean, friendly, sunny, and a nice place to relax and wait for our ferry - except during siesta time when everything was closed :( Arrividerci, Italia!!

... etc. fingers crossed. We called a camping place up the road to see if they were open, on arrival we realized he had opened up just for us and we were literally the only people in the whole campsite. It meant cold showers but at least we had facilities and somewhere to park the house safely for the night. Day 119, 3rd October 2006, Brindisi, Italy: a ferry trip and a hijacked plane After leaving our "private" campsite, we drove back to Brindisi ...

... hens and the goats and generally enjoyed the freedom to run around. The Nonas showed the children how to make dough for bread and the kids dived in making small figures and rolls which they watched going into the oven. At noon they were given pasta and Tuscany potatoes (Kay's favourite) for lunch, we helped to dish it out. About 4 pm the mothers started arriving to take them back; and off they went clutching their still warm bread that they had made themselves. For the Masseria ...

... and Mariah...pretty amazing when you consider none of us arranged to meet up. Met up with Jody and Caroyln again at the bar and then headed for our beds for more ZZZZZZZZZZZZ!! 19 July 2004 Went to the beach again... Paddy is roasting under the P20...but it seems to work for me?? Decdied to go out on a double Kayak, all around the cliffs and large Rock in the middle of the coastline. Kayak's are hard work!!! Our arms and thumbs were aching!! This called for many rests and for ...