08- 10 August 2008 Southern Italy !!!

Friday - 08 August - We Arrive In Brindisi !
Met At Airport! Katia, Nino, Tony, Dale Jerome	Tony's Office A Welcome Beer! Katia Tony Dale	Tony Gives Us A Quick Brindisi Tour The Harbor Fishmarket		The Trullo ! Cisternino Tony, Maria, Katia, Jerome, Dale
We Stayed With Maria & Luigi In Their Trullo In The Fasola Countryside District of Cisternino. Trulli Are Ancient Circular Homes Designed With Conical Rooftops Which Were Built Without Mortar Until 1797. In 1997 UNESCO Added the Trulli and the Valle D'Itria into its list of World Wonders. Martina France, Locorotondo, Cisternino and Ceglie Messapica overlook the Itria Valley.
Tony ("Nuccio") View From Trullo Roof	Katia Jerome Maria	Tony	Dale	Tiziana & Dale
Barry & Dale	View From Trullo Rooftop	Tony & Dale		Nonna (Grandmother) Tiziana Maria Katia
Saturday - 09 August - Woke Up At 4:00AM. Big Day Today - Lots Of Places to Go & People To Meet !
But Before We Go Further, Here's an attempt to describe 'Who's Who' at the Trullo : First, you have to understand that there are 4 women named Enza in this family! And two men named Nino (and two named Mimino, but that's another story :-) Tony Esposito, Nino Esposito and Maria D'Amico (nee Esposito) Are Brothers And Sister Their Mother is Vicenza. Everyone calls her 'Nonna' (grandmother) Tony has a daughter and a son, Enza and Davide         Enza is named after her grandmother         We didn't see Davide this trip. He is a policeman in the Naples area. Nino has two daughters, Katia and Enza (also named after her grandmother)         Nino's Enza is the one who is being married on the 12th of August.         Katia visited us in the USA in 2007 and is a college student in Naples.         Katia's fiance is Jerome, from France. He is also a student in Naples. Maria & Luigi have two daughters, Tiziana and Enza, and a son, Dominico (Nico)         Tiziana is married to Nino Mascellaro         Enza is married to Dottore Edoardo ('Edo') Iannaccone         Edo & Enza have 2 children: Ludovico & Vittoria
Maria & Luigi's Summer Home		View Of Cantina, Trullo & Pineta (Pine Tree Park)		Large Patio Used To Be The Farmer's Work Area
Front Patio & Pineta	View From Pineta		Stairs To Roof	Outside Shower
Our Section Has A Dining Room, Kitchen Two Bedrooms And Bathroom	Dining Room	Kitchen	Kitchen Window	Cantina (Winery) Now A Storeroom
Cantina (Winemaking) Now A Vegetable/Fruit Storehouse		Cantina Old Door	Pineta	Dale Relaxes In The Pineta
Beautiful Stonework Trullo Storehouse		Fire Pit And Storehouse	Stone Planter	Almond Tree We Cracked Them Open And Ate Fresh Almonds !
We Visit Gilda & Enza At Their Home In Brindisi
Dale Rings Doorbell	Enza Gilda Homemade Pasta !	Enza & Gilda Like Their Earrings From Hawaii !		Dale Gilda Enza
Dale & Barry With Gilda & Enza		Enza's Photos Of Us
Dale & Barry With Gilda & Enza		Dale & Enza	Back In Cisternino Luigi's Neighbor And His 'Ape Car' (Ah-Pey Car)
Making Homemade Bread In The Wood-Fire Oven !
Maria, Luigi & Dale A Few Loaves Are Ready (Still Working On Making More)		The Oven	Luigi Starts The Fire
Oven Ablaze		Back In The Main Kitchen (Cucina) Dale & Nino's Mother Ida Work On Cheese Nino And Maria Continue Making More Bread !
First Loaf Goes In !	Luigi Loads Bread As Fast As The 'Assembly Line' Brings It To Him	Tony Rushes In With The Next Loaf	Even More Bread Arrives
Oven Bricks Are White Hot Ready To Close Up Oven	Ida, Maria, Dale & Nino Make Focaccia While Waiting For Bread To Bake			Bread Baked For One Hour
Nuccio (Tony) Relaxes	Luigi Removes Bread	Dale And Tiziana Assembly Line Runs Hot Bread Back To Maria In Main Kitchen		Marioa Wipes Ash From Bottom Of Bread
Wildflowers All Along The Roads (Look Like 4 O'Clocks)	Former Local School Across The Road	Family Gathers Tony, Katia, Jerome, Dale, Et Al		Nonna Vicenza Tony, Jerome, Katia, Dale, D'Amico Family Members Just Arrived
Luigi's & Maria's Son Nico & Family Arrives !	Tony & Nino (Katia's Dad)	Tony Stokes Oven Getting Ready For Homemade Pizzas!		Esposito & D'Amico Extended Family Gathers
Dale, Tiziana (Luigi & Maria's Daughter), Katia, Jerome & Nonna Vicenza. Katia's Dad Nino Is In The 2nd Picture.		Dale, Nino, Katia & Jerome We Gave Blue Seats To D'Amicos 28 Years Ago!	Dale & Barry Nino Katia & Jerome	Dale Nino Tony Katia Jerome
Pizzas Ready ! (Tiziana Doesn't Look Bad Either) !!!	Focaccia - Pizza Straight From The Oven	Nino (Tiziana's Husband) Cuts The Pizza	Katia & Jerome
Sunday - 10 August Today We Visit The Nearby Walled Cities Of Cisternino And Locorotondo
Details Of Luigi's & Maria's Trullo Main Apartment Entrance And Stone Window		Old Trulli Homes In The Neighborhood		We're Now In Cisternino! Tony At A Typical Cozy Bar That Sells Drinks, Sodas, Gelato, Etc.
Tony Drove Us To Cisternino (Tony, Tiziana, Katia & Jerome, Dale & Barry)
Parked Just Outside of The Historical District	Old Tunnels Burrow Through City Walls			Everything Is White !
Beautiful Old, Multi-Level, Narrow Streets And Walkways Lead To The Main Piazza
Cisternino Historical Center Main Piazza With Shops & Al Fresco Ristorante And Old Clock Tower (With Bar On First Floor)		Katia Jerome Dale	Old Passageways Lead To Shops And Homes
Cisternino Dates From The 12th Century BC The Current Architecture Dates From The 8th Century AD Small Quadrangles/Courtyards, Tunnels, Stairways, Flying Buttresses, Half-Hidden Passageways
			Aquaduct Tower Mussolini Era Public Construction Project	Jerome & Katia Tony & Dale Valle D'Itria UNESCO-Designated World Cultural Region
Rooftop Patios Everywhere In Southern Italy	Main Street Next To The Pineta PineTree Park	Cisternino Side Roads	Sloping Alley And Valley View	Housing Just Outside Historic Center
Free Afternoon Concert In Main Piazza Singers Are Local Area Residents - Excellent Voices !				The Bar Jerome Tiziana Katia Dale
Friendly Bartender Makes Good Drinks !	Concert Continues In Piazza	Passageways Taken Over By Many Small Restaurants		Secluded Home
Departing Cisternino For Today	Country Road Near D'Amico Trullo	Tony Driving Past Old Trullo	Luigi Is Waiting For Us !
The D'Amico Countryside Neighborhood Contrada Fasola (Fasola District), Cisternino
Surrounded By Grapes	Former Country School Now A Private Residence		Masters Of Dry Stone Wall Construction	Gates To D'Amico Estate On Right
Gated Entrance	Another View Of Former School Compound	Katia Tony Enza Luigi Dale Jerome	Katia, Dale Maria Making Polpette (Meatballs)	Chicken & Potatoes Now In The Oven
Dale Rings 'Come & Get It' Dinnertime Bell !	We're Now At Nino's House In Locorotondo (This Is Where Katia Lives)	Nino & Luigi Inspect Nino's New Lawn & Garden (Nino Worked On It For The Past Year)		Nino, Luigi, And Tony
Nino Luigi Tony	Locorotondo Nino's House And Neighborhood Homes			Nino's Garage Driveway-Patio Luigi Tony Nino
Luigi A Friend's Vineyard Locorotondo Countryside	Luigi & Nino Use A Friend's Trullo To Make Their Own Wine. 200 Liters Of Wine Are In Each Of These Vats!   Luigi - Tony           Luigi- Barry Nino       Tony		This Is The Winery !