I don’t want to sound ungrateful for our time in the Bavaria and Hungary, it was fantastic and we’ll be back in the Spring, but Italy is hard to beat. Deep blue skies and crystal clear water seems to always appear. This our first visit to the Adriatic coast and it hasn’t disappointed.
Our apartment is in the Centro Storico di Monopoli, the old town,
and we’re about two minutes from the Sea. It’s not a large vacation coast like southern France or Almafi but smaller crowds and smaller beaches. However, almost as beautiful. The beach areas were hosting numbers of bathers this morning.
The architecture is classic Italian and portions of the Roman wall still exist but most were overbuilt to protect the city in later years.
The narrow alleyways, a poor way to describe the cobbled paths through the city, are not as expansive but remind us of the maze of pathways through Venice.
Eating last week, especially in Hungary was quite an experience; it is here also, but different.
I mentioned the very Italian car rental. We’ll, it’s very Italian mechanically also. Yesterday while on a motorway, Italian interstate, the low coolant light came on. OK, holiday (All Saint’s) today so not much agency assistance. Anyone charged with keeping a 1962 Corvette running can put water in a radiator.
I did, and we have a 90 minute drive tomorrow to San Pancrazio to meet the city historian and mayor. I’m going to drive it till it quits, if necessary, to get there. Pictures at nine.
Exciting day tomorrow, San Pancrazio Airfield and Ostuni on the way home. Jim
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