Wednesday & Thursday - 13-14 August Two Days At The Beach !! Puglia's Beaches Are Now Jam-Packed With Resort-Like Lidos! |
Entrepreneur Vendor Carries Clothesrack Up & Down The Beach |
We Are At Lido Bosco Verde (Green Wood Beach)
Vittoria, Dale, Ludo, Tiziana, Enza, Edo & Alessandra |
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Vittoria Dale Enza Tiziana Edo Nino |
In August Huge Crowds! Factories Close All Over Europe. |
Enza Tiziana Edo & Nino |
Ludovico At The Snack Bar Lido Bosco Verde |
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Bar & Snack Bar Areas Lido Bosco Verde |
Bar & SportsArea |
Vittoria Dale Old Beach Tower |
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(Thursday - 14 Aug) |
Covered Parking Lot |
We're Back The Next Day With Katia & Jerome! The Adriatic Is Clean And The Water Beautiful ! |
Still Some Space Left! |
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Afternoon Beer Jerome & Barry (Bigger Drinker On The Right :-) |
Cisternino Country Roads & Walls |
Locorotondo Smart Car Parked By Ninos House |
Colorful Flowers In Nino's Old Amphora |
Katia & Nino's House |
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Big Family Party At The Trullo ! |
Tables End-To-End For 30 People Or So ! Last Time I Saw This Was 28 Years Ago When The Family Got Together At Our Carovigno Home - Parco Grande ! |
Nino & Luigi Bring More Meat From The Fire Pit |
Pork, Sausages, Lamb ...You Want It? They Got It! |
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Pizzicata (Puglia Region) Folk Dancing !! |
Also Known As 'Tarantella'. Each region of Italy has its own version. |
Dale ! |
Barry's Alter-Ego Joins In ! |
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Friday - 15 August Today We Visit Small, But Beautiful Locorotondo And In The Evening We're Off To Ostuni !! |
Luigi Off To Empty Trash And Get Bottled Water |
Barry Invites Dale To Take A Shower (She Declines) |
Beautiful Locorotondo Sits On A Ridge |
The New Bride Takes Us On A Tour ! |
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Enza Takes Us Through The Historical Center Of Locorotondo! Beautiful Architecture. Spacious Pasaageways. Now We See What We Missed! We Used To Drive On The Outskirts Of Locorotondo And Thought We Had 'Seen The Town' |
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Katia & Jerome Arrive ! |
Katia, Jerome & Dale Locorotondo Is Also Having A Festa ! The Streets Are Full Of Vendors |
Pretty Church Bell Tower |
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Pretty Church Bell Tower |
Nighttime Festa In Locorotondo Michele's Sister & Her Family, Enza & Dale, Jerome, Nino & Katia |
Katia & Dale |
Festa Lights On Every Street |
Musicans |
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Nino |
Dale |
Saint's Procession Jerome & Dale |
Church |
Festa Street Market |
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Locorotondo Festa Street Market |
Late Night Tour Of Ostuni! We Had Never Been To This Main Piazza (We Lived Nearby For Three Years And Thought We Had!). Hundreds Of August Vacationers Packed The Piazza! Dale Looks For Ceramic Olive Oil Decanter |
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Main Piazza Dale Beside Ancient Ruins Discovered In 2002 |
It's Past Midnight! Crowds Fill Ostuni's Piazza! |
Street Musicians |
Nino & Dale |
Church |
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Shops Still Open |
Nino's Leg Hurts |
Ostuni Bell Tower |
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Saturday - 16 August Visits To Locorotondo And Alberobello ! |
Maria & Dale Making Pasta For Orecchetti ('Little Ears') |
Locorotondo Barry & Nino 'To Whoever Doesn't Drink Wine, God Deny Also Water' ! |
Locorotondo Jerome Katia Dale |
Alberobello ('Beautiful Tree') Lunch ! Dale Katia & Jerome |
Jerome & Dale |
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Alberobello The Regional Center Of Ancient Trulli (Circular Homes With Conical Roofs) |
View Of Roof Cone From Inside |
Dale Jerome Weaver's Frame For Making Shawls |
Dale, Jerome, Katia Surrounded By The Trulli |
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Barry |
Jerome & Dale |
Dale Katia Jerome |
Old Trulli ! |
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Cisternino Maria Makes Homemade Pasta Orecchietti ('Little Ears') |
Locorotondo The Restaurants Are Known For 'Special' Meats |
Cisternino Piazza Edo & Dale |
Cisternino Free Jazz Concert Nino |
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