{"id":9569,"date":"2024-09-07T20:06:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T19:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/?p=9569"},"modified":"2024-09-08T00:36:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T23:36:39","slug":"day-34-bari-to-alberobello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/09\/07\/day-34-bari-to-alberobello\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 34 – Bari to Alberobello"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Another great day today. A village full of crazy round houses and some retail therapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first thing to remark on today though is Sue\u2019s alarm at trying out a bum gun at the B&B last night\u2026 the less said about that the better I think!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But back to today\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had a leisurely start to the day at Torre Sibissi B&B, a buffet breakfast on a sunny terrace chatting with the B&B receptionist. She was really well travelled but also gave us some local things to see. But we were heading for Alberobello today and wanted to see if we could find an outdoorsie shop to have a mooch and pick up some stuff that might be useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And to our great shock and surprise, Ollie was still parked outside the B&B when we went to find him. Always a bonus when he\u2019s not been nicked in such dodgy surroundings!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So we headed out and pointed ourselves at Casamassima, 40k south of Bari, where we were told there was a shopping mall and a big Decathlon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we cruised down the dual carriage ways, we couldn\u2019t help but notice how much rubbish there was lining the roads. Either the Italians really don\u2019t give a sh*t about throwing rubbish out of their cars or they haven\u2019t been cleared in decades. Off the dual carriage ways the roads are shockingly bad (pot holes and rubbish), so maybe it\u2019s a roads funding issue. But really the trash on the sides of the roads is appalling!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Serious camping retail therapy at Decathlon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Anyway we found Decathlon and spent a good hour perusing and picking up some stuff. Nothing much, a few t-shirts, some travel towels and a chair. Sue\u2019s not madly keen on the chair but I really needed something to lounge in better than the standard van chairs. We\u2019ll see how it works out\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New chair – really looking forward to some siestas in this<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We then hit the shopping mall and did a grocery shop for a few days. We couldn\u2019t believe how many shops were the same as back in the UK, H&M, Claire\u2019s Accessories etc. though we did love Flunch!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flunch <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And then off for another 40k or so to Alberobello and the Trulli houses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We found a campsite on the south side of the village called Bosco Selva. It\u2019s basic (no loo seats or loo paper, only Bum Guns\u2026 oh no, not again – GRR!) but clean\u2026. Just because the town is medieval doesn\u2019t mean the campsite has to be too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bosco Selva Campsite<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We chilled for a few hours letting the heat drain from the day and then took the bikes in for the 1.5km ride into town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And wow! What a bonkers place. The round Trulli houses (singular: Trullo) are famous, but we weren\u2019t prepared for just how many there are. Here\u2019s some pictures\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trulli Houses Everywhere<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It\u2019s ages until Halloween!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We arrived at golden hour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Trulli amazing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Trulli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Twin Peaks – one for Katie and Paul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Heading up into the town for a better view of the Trulli houses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Love the juxtaposition of very old and very new\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Citroen Ami and Trulli Houses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After we\u2019d wandered around for 40 minutes or so, we found a cafe off the tourist route and had a couple of coffees. Though the waitress did her very best to ignore us for more than 20 minutes! And Sue confused the woman at the bar so much, we got a sort of free bottle of water out of her!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the way back to the bikes we spotted this\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Panda Panda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Though the Panda Panda (look at the stitching on the seats) will probably only mean anything to someone who remembers British police cars from the 60\u2019s and 70\u2019s \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alberobello is extremely touristy! But somehow it still clings to some vestiges of it being a real place, unlike Dubrovnik Old Town or Plitvice Lakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then back on the bikes to the campsite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heading back from Alberello by Bike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After dinner, during our washing up session, we met an English woman who\u2019d been out here in a rental camper van for a well and said she\u2019d not heard any other English accents since landing in Bari. We were happy to oblige with a conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another highlight of the trip, as well as Alberobello has been the Eurasian Scop Owl that\u2019s been hooting at us all evening!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve now got 2009 miles on the odo, having gone over the 2,000 mile marker today\u2026 cue The Pretenders! It sounds better in km though\u2026 over 3,200km, but The Pretenders didn\u2019t sing about that so much!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tomorrow we\u2019re going to head back into Alberobello in the morning to do the Museum and the remaining Trulli houses. We\u2019ll probably also go back in the evening to get that golden hour light again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harry\u2019s getting better at Occlumency and is back in with Cho!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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