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No matter where I am in any city or village around the world, I have the urge to move on after about 3 days and Lecce for all its appeal has been intimately explored every church, monastery, Basilica and museum entered and as is my want, photographed and notes for possible mention in my blog.
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A few additional pictures of the surrounds of this 5 star hotel. There is a swimming pool as well!
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Having taken in the fascinating baroque architectural limestone edifices that make up historical Lecce over the past few days, I embark on a journey to Gallipoli! Italian Gallipoli not the famous Turkish destination. It is a seaside town about 40km to the south west of Lecce. It takes a little more than a hour by
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I watched the movie ‘Mine Vaganti’ on a plane to Europe several years ago. It was a delightful Italian production about a wealthy Italian family who owned a pasta business in the southern city of Lecce in the Puglia region. It has a gay sub-plot. I brought the DVD and have watched it many times
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I shall blog a little more in the next few days in the knowledge that this time next week I will be back at work. But here are some pictures which I hope will tantalise and impress you to visit this limestone baroque city.
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Have just booked into La Fiermontina Urban Resort in Lecce. Upgraded to Room 14 I was informed as we walked the marbled grass edge path. This is Dr Kiley grade prime accommodation that would make an accountant blush. As I sat at the reception table the articulate womn discussed by phone a potential booking for
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Back to earth with a bang. ‘It’s good to be back in civilisation’ is a maxim not in my lexicon. Boarding the bus from Lafkada to Igoumenitsa, the driver enquired as I boarded whether I was going to the ‘terminal’ or the ‘port’. I assumed that the port was the same as the ferry terminal
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For a week I have been partially submerged having a quite unique and incredible time which explains the lack of literary outpourings. Did I have pre conceived ideas? Well yes, but being an Australian adding the adjectival description ‘open water’ ie in the sea, to the noun ‘swimming’ provoked more anxiety than exhilaration. So let
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We lunched at the island of Kefaloni. It is on this island that the novel Captain Corelli ‘s Mandolin is based. We had swum between two islands a bit more than 5 km
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Today it’s a 7:30 start for a 2 hour sail to our long swim between 2 islands..
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