Italy 2011

Post by Wynette: We took a little day trip to Galipoli from Lecce. (No, this is not the Galipoli from the movie, but it is a Greek name.)

The train was very local and the funkiest we encountered on trip. But fun.

Galipoli is a small sea-side town on the west side of Italy’s heel.

We had the BEST seafood there. The guide-book said this stew was not to be missed:

These were the best roasted potatoes I ever tasted:

Galipoli was pretty and quiet.

We did see several of these puppety things in various places. Never did figure out what they were. This one is hanging out a second floor window.

Post by Wynette: Doing the laundry is always a highlight of any trip. First you have to find a lavanderia and then you have to figure out how everything works. But in Italy it’s pretty easy. Here we are in Lecce doing the laundry:

Someone had taken a bunch of photographs of people doing non-laundry-related things inside the laundry. You can see them on the wall in the above picture. Below is a close-up of one of the pictures.

This is what we washed (two baskets on the floor, darks and lights):

Posted by Wynette: Here are a few pictures of Sorrento. It was the first stop on our trip and we are returning to the States tomorrow. But I wanted to post a few more things. Always hard to blog about a trip after you return home.

We took a walk above the town the first full day we were there. Here we are looking down onto the Marina Grande.

We ate a lot of sea food in Sorrento:

Here is a school bus:

Here is the main piazza (square) in Sorrento. We saw wisteria blooming all over Italy as they are here:

And here we are looking down from the top of our landing in our B&B (Magi House):