We left Lecce and travelled north to Alborobello - the town famous for a whole in tact village of Trulli (plural) Trullo (singular). These little round houses reminded us of hobbit houses! The area was a mass of tourists with what appeared to be bus load upon bus load of them arriving - all walking the laneways where the locals had small stores selling tourist sourvenirs. It was interesting to see and wander around but we had no desire to stay
We walked back to our trusty little Yaris and travelled 30 minutes to Noci for lunch…V4 had the Italian version of a ham cheese and tomato roll, while I had Spaghetti all’s Tonno e limone e capers -very yummy.
The drive north instilled the desolate nature of the south - the vast plains of dryness as around Alborebello, Noci and Matera there are very green fields of wheat - some being harvested, rich red volcanic soil with olives, grapes and we even saw some dairies. As we got closer to Matera, there were massive wind farms and solar farms as well.
We stay for the next two nights in Matera - the town known for Sassi - cave houses cut into the hill.
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| V4 with the Trulli village in the background |
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| Practising selfies! |
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| Laneways of Alborobello |
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Symbols whitewashed on Rooves
A mixture of Christian and pagan meanings |
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| The piazza that leads to the laneways |
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| Laneways up the hills |
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| The trusty Yaris…WIES |
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