Polignano a Mare and Monopoli
Friday, October 31st, 2014
The next morning I took a bus to the Bari airport. I had asked for Economy or Mini sized car but they were out so gave me what seemed to me a big car at the same price. Frankly smaller is often better in Italy since the streets in old towns are pretty narrow. In any case […]
Polignano a Mare and Monopoli
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Puglia – first stop Bari
Thursday, October 30th, 2014
After our stay in Guilianova we took the train to Bari. We decided to spend the night in a hotel not far from the train station rather than make the trek with a large (and heavy) suitcase to the airport to pick up the rental car. This turned out to be a good idea and […]
Puglia – first stop Bari
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Troubles in Italy
Tuesday, October 28th, 2014
It all started in Chioggio. I had gone there last year and returned for a day trip with the lovely K this year. It was a week day way out of tourist season so when we arrived in the town there were parking spaces everywhere. I saw no signs indicating that we must pay […]
Troubles in Italy
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Teramo
Monday, October 27th, 2014
We were so impressed with Teramo that we went back for another day trip. I have never heard of it but it is quite old complete with ruins of a Roman amphitheater and another set of ruins that are being excavated with the help of a professor from Modesto California no less. We had […]
Teramo
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