Nov 6
We bade Mr. Personality and the 13 cats a sad good bye and went to the small town of Locorotondo in mid Puglia in the "trulli" district. Another find on the internet with the same totally incoherent directions that again confused both us and Ms. GPS who by now is lovingly referred to as "the bitch" because she has shown a penchant for taking us down secondary (at best) roads and when she gets confused starts rapidly telling us conflicting commands one after the other. A phone call and a couple of stops for directions later we arrived at Masseria Aprile. This is a place I could stay FOREVER! It is BEAUTIFUL, the family who own
s and runs it are incredibly welcoming and personable. It is actually quite close to Locoroto
ndo and has a view of this beautiful town that sits on a hill. Our room is in a restored "trulli" (the pointy roofed, traditional stone dwellings of this area.) The Masseria (a farm) is almost 300 years old and has been in the same family for the whole time. Restoration was begun an 1992 and completed just a few years ago. The family produces wine and olive oil, makes cheese and has a gorgeous garden. The wife makes all kinds of marmalades which she sells to guests and also makes yummy baked goods for breakfast. She will conduct cooking classes with a little advance notice and then the students eat their production. Unfortunately, we didn't know about this until we arrived so couldn't take advantage of it. There is an elderly donkey that has fr
ee rein and also a 4 mo old stallion that is magnificent. He's a large bre
ed particular to the area and will be used for pulling a carriage when he is grown. Dick suggested a caption for the donkey pic, "which one is the ass in this picture?"
s and runs it are incredibly welcoming and personable. It is actually quite close to Locoroto
ndo and has a view of this beautiful town that sits on a hill. Our room is in a restored "trulli" (the pointy roofed, traditional stone dwellings of this area.) The Masseria (a farm) is almost 300 years old and has been in the same family for the whole time. Restoration was begun an 1992 and completed just a few years ago. The family produces wine and olive oil, makes cheese and has a gorgeous garden. The wife makes all kinds of marmalades which she sells to guests and also makes yummy baked goods for breakfast. She will conduct cooking classes with a little advance notice and then the students eat their production. Unfortunately, we didn't know about this until we arrived so couldn't take advantage of it. There is an elderly donkey that has fr
ee rein and also a 4 mo old stallion that is magnificent. He's a large bre
ed particular to the area and will be used for pulling a carriage when he is grown. Dick suggested a caption for the donkey pic, "which one is the ass in this picture?" The "padrone", Antonio is very proud of the place. He's the winemaker and took us on a tour of everything including his cantina and also had us taste some walnut liqueur and also vin cotto, a liqueur like product made from the grape must. it's a bit like balsamic vinegar and is used in much the same way.
This was a great last stop before beginning our trek home.
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