Hit
three new spots today: Locorotondo, Martina Franca and Alberobello. They are
fairly close together, but on the road for quite a bit of the day. Locorotondo
is a lovely, intimate city that is indeed round, sitting on a hill overlooking
the Itria valley. It is white and so well cared for; you really feel a pride of
place when walking through the tiny streets.Then off to Martina Franca … not as charming, getting back to the Baroque style. Lunch on a piazza in a very quiet downtown. This whole region really shuts up tight in the afternoon.
Then
to see the trulli in Alberobello. They are funny little conical houses and the
centro is just a neighborhood of hundreds of them. It is hard to imagine regular people living
regular lives in these odd structures.