Bari walking tour

7900 steps which is probably the least amount we have done on this vacation so far.

Andre probably did an extra 3000 steps since I did not go with him on his walk at night.

Today was a free walking tour of Bari, started in the rain, but turned into an OK day.

Probably the shortest walking tour we ever done 1.7 km and it took 2.5 hours. We did a loop inside the wall of old town. There was about 25 of us, which is not great on the small alleys. A guide was good and we got lots of history about the old town.

We decided to go to lunch at La Tana del Polpo which we had heard had delicious squid ink pasta. We show up at the restaurant and ask for a table for 2. The waiter said just wait a little bit then a waitress escort us to a second location which is totally different that the original old restaurant. It looks like it is only 1 year old and the tables are so squished together. About 4 inches between them and abut 6 inches between the 2 rows that you can barely go by. They keep running back and forth between the 2 restaurant (beer, water etc) as they only have a tiny bar here. 

There was no squid ink pasta on the menu. We asked the waiter and he says we can do that. So off the go running to the other restaurant which has it on the menu. Wendy had the squid ink seafood pasta. About 3 shrimps, 8 clams that the meat portion were the size of a dime and a small piece of fish for 25 euros. A little disappointing from what we would get at home. Mussels are a big thing here too, but whenever we are away we are disappointed getting 10 mussels for a crazy price in a restaurant, so spoiled at home. Andre had octopus with olives which had a good portion of octopus. Both pasta and sauce were delicious, just short on seafood for Wendy but the squid ink pasta made up for it.

Aperol Spritz and cannoli at our AIRBNB outside in the courtyard, and just a lazy afternoon.

A light snack for supper as we were still full from the late lunch.

Andre went out around 9PM to take a few night time pictures

Learned how they punished people by tying them to the pole in the main square.

Kids still having fun even in a light rain. Time out, the ball is stuck in the fence

Buster finding shelter under the arch

Lots of these in old town

Lots of rain covers for the laundry

Used to be a Byzantine church

The guide giving us a 15 minute history of old town Bari over the years

6,000 people live in old town. 300,000 in Bari

Guide said this is the only catholic church that has a sphinx 

St Nicola

Before they renovated the church

Bull supporting the entrance column

They collected snow in the winter and put it in basements to keep fish cold during the summer

The Cathedral

Another street that sells pasta. Wonder if the next generation will be doing this, probably not

A lot of work for 5 euros for 1 kg

Italian coffee maker store

Our lunch, Octopus pasta, Andre, seafood with squid ink spaghetti for Wendy. We switch halfway

Where we had lunch

Where we stopped for olives, salami and cheeses. So many choices

Puppets

Love the roots on this tree next to the old town city wall

Coming out of our door looking right

Looking right

Seafood restaurant $$$

St Nicola at night

The Cathedral at night

The small alleys ways are quiet

Lots of locals at the main square. Mostly teenagers hanging out together