Trulli Holiday Bari
VIA DUCA DEGLI ABRUZZI 45 Bari, Puglia, Italy
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Sorry St. Nick
Did you know that St. Nick was buried in Bari, Italy? Or so the story goes. And his corpse oozes oil that the basilica sells. That would have been something to see and share. We did see St. Nicola's Basilica from afar, from the ship that is. Due to our late departure, we only docked for provisions, very brief and no exploring. By bed time, we were "ciao bella"ing Italy. ...
Day 289 - Alberobello & the East Coast
... by to which she paused a moment before asking in the language of the land "Are you Italian?" clearly curious about her accent and the red headed fellow with her. When Mia explained that we were Canadian the matron furrowed her brow seemingly displeased. When Mia continued, explaining that she was half Italian the woman's tone (and brow) softened slightly as she uttered: "meta è meglio di niente" ("Well, half is better than ...
Bari - day 58
... expenses put together…DING DING DING, we have a winner
We paid/bribed/bartered/made a deal with a taxi driver to drive us the 211km to the port so we can make it to our boat, and it worked…a wad of cash was exchanged, he shared some amusing useless information about greece and the areas we drove through along the way, and he got us to the port a whole hour before departure at speeds of up to 160km an hour – all for a third of ...
Wonderful Family afternoon
... There was Beatrice, her Mother, sister, Brother plus brother-in-law, sister-in law and four children. They were very worried about leaving my bike/bags downstairs in their lobby, saying that the town was full of theives, and insisted that I had to lock up the bike and bring all the bags upstairs into the apartment. Soon we were sitting down around a big tale with Beatrice's Mother fussing around and delivering plates full of wonderful food. Cheeses, shrimps, ...
Five hours to get from Capo D'Orlando
... ancient part of the city, called Bari Vecchia by locals. It's a beautiful mediaeval area on the waterfront in which there are a lot of churches and then waited for the ferry to Dubrovnik at ten pm.
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