Riva Marina Resort Carovigno

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 ...

Finally some pictures!! Friday night they had live music and dancing in the hotel bar, it was a lot of fun. The band was an italian police cover band. next weekend is a dire straights cover band! For valentines day, the hotel had a big dinner and we had no idea we were going until like 5 minutes beforehand, it was a surprise. they labeled our table as reserved for "Americani". it was awesome! it lasted from 9 to after 1 in the morning, it had like six ...

... i was soooo lost because she speaks no english at all! but i'm catching up. then we have a four hour class of different hospitality related subjects. We eat breakfast at 8:30, lunch at 1 and dinner at 8. Lunch and Dinner both have 2 courses and are deliciousssssss!!!!! The hotel is absolutely beautiful, the weather is incredible, there's actually sun here! and ...

... regions around Milan and Turin. Here, the region is notably poorer with a large dependence on agriculture and the sea, and the level of unemployment is almost 20%, far greater than the other end of the country. The pace of life here is so much slower, and if anyone has ever been a little frustrated once in a while with shops being shut for the afternoon siesta, try southern Italy. Not only do shops ...

At 8 in the evening, I went down to Corfu port and checked in with the ferry company only to be told there wasn't a sailing of that ferry that night. We were all perplexed that I'd been issued a ticket until the man behind the desk noticed that the ...

... for family time over a 6 course dinner that took all day to make?  They drive their Fiats and mopeds like they're trying to qualify for the next Formula 1 race.  There is a marked absence of big chains (ie. McDonald's, Starbucks, etc...), so obviously they must be doing something right with the quality of their food and drink.  And don't mess with the mid-afternoon naptime.  Very few things can ...

Ok so i made it to Brindisi after a 6 &amp; 1/2 hour (air conditioned thank god) train journey. I've got my Ferry ticket sorted out and i depart at 7 though i need to check in at 5ish i'm just hanging around town updating my travel blogs and checking facebook and email so nothing much to writeabout i just wanted to put a pin on my map Next stop hopefully Athens

Today was a site seeing day for the four of us. We hopped the train and headed to a unique little town called Alberobello. This is the only place in Italy that has the cone shaped roofed houses made out of stone. Alberobello is a UNESCO Site and is something not to be missed. Due to train schedule constraints we didn't have much opportunity to spend time there. Only a quick look around, lunch and then headed to Lecce.