Italy part II - Bari

Unfortunately, I have been off my blogging game but decided to bring it back to life for this trip. 2 years ago we were fortunate enough to visit Northern Italy. Then we saw Rome, Genoa, Cinque Terre, Brescia, Venice and Montefalco. We thought we might one day return to see the sud (South) but with so many places on our bucket lists we figured it would be a while. However, we learned earlier this spring that Scott had made President's Club at Forescout and they were sending us to a stunning resort in the Puglia region of Italy. So, having only been out of the USA once, I was heading back to the only foreign country I've been to - Italy!

Finally, May 14th arrived and we were off on our long flight(s). Little sleep and 3 flights later and we arrived in Bari, Italy on May 15th. We took a nice train from the airport to Bari and stumbled our way to our cute little B&B.

Pietro was there to greet us. I tried my best Italian on him but he was determined to speak to Google translate and play back the translation to us. Our room was spacious and Pietro showed us to the lovely rooftop patio and poured us each a giant glass of red wine from the region. I'm not sure the wine did much to help us stay awake but it was delicious and we were ready to celebrate having survived our flights.

After our wine, we headed to Bari Vecchia (old Bari). There we saw a lovely castle with an art display of peppers in the moat. Then we wandered through the old streets. Bari Vecchia history dates back as far as 3rd century BC. It was a beautiful stroll. It was fun to see hand made pasta (orrichetti - little ears) drying in the sun outside of homes. We were craving fresh seafood and had no problem finding a delicious meal near the water. We stayed up as late as we could trying to acclimate but only made it to about 4:30 pm local time before closing the blinds and calling it one very long day.