Andre and Wendy: Otranto to Central Puglia for a Trulli stay

9.000 steps

160 kms and over 6 hours of driving with lots of stops

After breakfast this morning we took one last walk around the beach outside our B&B. It is a beautiful spot, would definitely stay here again in Otranto.

Decided to drive the shore road, even though it is longer than the inside road, but we can only check in at 3PM this afternoon so we have lots of time to visit more beautiful scenic roads.

We just follow along on google maps and pick places that look scenic. We have no real plans except to enjoy the views.

A stop for lunch at one of the very few places we see open. It was not the best, but we are no longer hungry. It was more of a little bar with a few things you could order and he would warm them up. Looked like things were supplied from a bakery, cookies were the best part of lunch.

Saw our first wind surfers, it is extremely windy as the day goes along, there was little wind when we started out this morning.

Like most places we have visited up to now there is hardly anything open, or anyone around. Locals aren't even bothering to stop at stop signs. We hardly see anyone on the road, it has made for pretty easy driving.

I had one last stop that I wanted to see before we headed to our new place, but what a dud it turned out to be. I saw 5 pools for swimming on the waterfront, I thought they were natural, no ugly man made things. I can't imagine how busy this must be in the summer time. Plus there is a huge ugly I think electricity plant in the back, a total waste of time.

Off to find our new rental for the next 5 nights. We stop first for groceries as we know we are really far out of the way to any grocery stores once we arrive at our place, and I know we won't want to go out again. The drive is fine until the last 3 km, which is a tiny street that is 2 way, reminds me a bit of Ireland as there is stone fences on either side of this extremely narrow road. Luckily did not meet any traffic, it would not have been fun.

We are greeted by huge work being done on the garden in front of our trulli. The olive trees have all been trimmed and branches are everywhere. We are not in the little trulli cottage we had booked, but we are happy with what we got. I think we are the only guests here, and maybe the first guests here? We are checked in by a lady that does not speak any french or english, and our italian is pretty much non existent, but we figure everything out. Problem with the wifi but she says Giorgio will fix it. Our phone internet is non existent inside our trulli, I need to walk outside a little away from the cottage outside. Andre decides to whatsapp Giorgio at about 7PM to ask about the wifi, he said he didn't know we had checked in. It was his mother that checked us in lol. Anyway all is sorted now, we should be good. We know how to turn the heat on, and he has found us a cheese grater, life is good.

Supper done, thanks Andre, and we are all settled in. Tomorrow is definitely laundry day, plus plans to visit 2 smaller villages. Another fun day planned for tomorrow, except for the drive down this tiny lane!