{"id":9602,"date":"2024-09-08T19:29:47","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T18:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/?p=9602"},"modified":"2024-09-08T19:31:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T18:31:04","slug":"day-35-alberobello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/09\/08\/day-35-alberobello\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 35 – Alberobello"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

5 weeks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another day in Alberobello before we head south to Brindisi tomorrow for the ferry to Greece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The campsite is next to a tennis club and they were partying until well past 1AM. Elsewhere there were fireworks and dogs barking well into the early hours. It\u2019s not exactly peace and quiet on many of these campsites!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We hadn\u2019t got much planned today so we had a leisurely start and then headed into Alberobello on our bikes at about 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trulli museum, largest Trulli house and the church were on our todo list today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The largest Trullo is behind the church and cost \u20ac2 each to get in. There\u2019s some interesting history on the house and it\u2019s the only Trulli that has a second story. However, we thought the museum was actually bigger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201clargest\u201d Trullo house, only one with two storeys<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sue then had a wander around the church while I sat outside and listened to a random tour guide tell a group how the church wasn\u2019t actually finished, there should be a big dome poking out of the middle of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alberobello Church<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We then collected our bikes from outside the two storey Trullo and headed to the Museum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the way we pulled over so I could do some bike repairs. As we were coming into Alberobello my gears stopped working. I\u2019d been playing around with the indexing while we were in Dubrovnik so it was probably a loose Bowden cable that I\u2019d struggled to get as tight as I\u2019d have liked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And low-and-behold it had slipped. I hadn\u2019t brought the bike repair kit (must try harder to make sure we have that with us when we cycle) but did have my trusty Leatherman Squirt, which goes everywhere with me. It was totally the wrong tool for the job, but when it\u2019s the only tool you have, then you make do. A yank on the cable and a quick nip-up of the bolt and I was away again\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Everyone should carry a Squirt!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Once we got to the museum we decided we needed a sit down and a drink before the rigors of the museum, so headed down the hat street (see yesterday) to the main tourist square and had a couple of drinks each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then back up to the museum, where we got \u20ac1 discount on entry for staying in a local hotel (campsite) – just \u20ac3 each to get in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The museum was fine, but TBH didn\u2019t learn any more than can be found on Wikipedia. It was good to see how big the insides appeared though, a bit TARDIS like actually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you wander around the different houses and information signage you get slightly different twists on the history. But it seems the Trulli were popularized when a property tax was imposed and the Trulli, in their original form, were temporary structures that could be dismantled if the tax inspectors came. Another twist was that the inspectors wouldn\u2019t believe people lived in them, but that seems less likely to me\u2026 any tax inspector would surely put their head inside and see whether people are living there or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

View of the museum from the inner courtyard\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Museum Courtyard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a few shots from the morning\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lots of Trulli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We\u2019re in Alberobello<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The garden of the \u201clargest\u201d Trullo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nice to splash yourself with some fountain water<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Alberobello church poking out behind a Trullo house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Trullo Hoise next to the Church<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Then it was back on the bikes back to the campsite to get out of the heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

The afternoon was punctuated by a conversation with a French woman who spoke no English. We think she must have initially thought we were part of her 15 string motorhome tour. But we managed to have a 10 minute chat with her as our brains scrambled to switch to French.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once we\u2019d had dinner and washed up we headed back into town to catch golden hour and see the Trulli lit up in the dark. But\u2026 we were both pooped by the time we\u2019d wandered around for an hour or so, so skipped the lit houses and headed back to the van.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a few shot as we wandered around though\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Apparently roof paintings carried out for Mussolini visit in 1923 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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There are street entertainers on different corners and squares<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tourists everywhere, even on a Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So it\u2019s off to Greece tomorrow. We\u2019ve got a late night ferry from Brindisi to Igoumenista and we\u2019ve paid extra for a cabin with an outside view. We probably won\u2019t get a lot of sleep, but it\u2019s better than trying to sleep in a chair and at least a few hours kip is better than nothing. Once in Greece we hopefully have two days on a campsite just outside of Igoumenista and then another ferry to Corfu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harry is just about to set out on Thestrals to \u201crescue\u201d Sirius.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

5 weeks! Another day in Alberobello before we head south to Brindisi tomorrow for the ferry to Greece. The campsite is next to a tennis club and they were partying until well past 1AM. Elsewhere there were fireworks and dogs barking well into the early hours. 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