Saturday, June 3, 2023

June 4: Bari and Alberobello, Apulia

We left Lecce this morning after a quick breakfast of cappuccino and rustico (savory) & maritozzo (sweet/cream) pastries. Also, it's the first time the weather has felt warm. It's been absolutely perfect this entire trip so far - 70s with cool breezes, convection clouds in the afternoons. Perfect. We're on the speed train to Bari now with a stop for lunch there.

Bari!

Ladies (fishermen's wives) making orecchiette (ear-shaped) pasta on the streets of Bari



Fuel stop at the Bari basillica





The Adriatic

Our little rental car (Bari airport)

Heading to our trulli agritourismo :) Cooler temps!

Vineyards of Apulia

Trulli


Our little agritourismo "Trulli a Castagno"






Lovely evening trip to Alberobello!

Trullo houses were built to escape the tax man back in the day. Farmers could disassemble the top of the house whenever the tax man came around. :)








Alberobello cathedral




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