Two days for the price of one in this entry. Quite uneventful as you will see. Between the public holiday and Mick's having contracted a second cold - just as the first was on the way out, a quiet day or two was in order. Despite our best planning, we had to find a place for lunch as the cupboards were bare and Jan 1 of course is a public holiday. We didn't need to walk far till we found Gran Caffe SAICAF which was a very modern pizza restaurant with some prete...

Sunday 31.1217 NYE A: No trains to catch today, so we had a leisurely start to the day, with only midday mass at San Nicola and the walking tour at 4 on the agenda. We walked up through the new town to the old historic part of Bari, stopping for cappuccino on the way "al banco" ie standing. In Rome I had started to ask for coffee with milk instead as I realised that with a cappuccino order I ended up with froth. It seems to be a little different in eac...

M. Let me start with a few disparaging words about Off Exploring (OE) as a blog site. We have used it a couple of times in the past, and its limitations were obvious but bearable then.For this trip I looked hard at an alternative that was easy to share and could be readily printed as a book. It's nice to get the book version. Even though OE seems not to have a significant update in four years, these are two boxes that OE does tick. I couldn't find a suitable, ea...

A: Bari- day trip to Alberobello and Locorotondo Alberobello had been on our list for some time and today we decided to catch the train to Alberobello, take a look around, then get a second train one more stop to Locorotondo- about 3 hours travelling in total for the day, but worth it. The scenery on the way was an entertainment in itself. Our first destination was all that we had hoped for- a gorgeous little town that today looked even more lovely with the...

M: We had both slept well, but the medical report was a C- . I was still holding my own with that wretched cough, but Anne woke with a headache and a seriously running nose. No adventures for her today. Well no big ones anyway. I appointed myself to do a foot recce of Bari. Our apartment at 48 via Trento is nicely situated for both the railway station and the new part of Bari. The estimates for getting to the old town were about 15 minutes. These proved to be tr...