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Portugal, Cruise, Italy 2025
  • Jo-Lynne Sutherland

Portugal, Cruise, Italy 2025

An amazing adventure - 1 month, 7 countries, 21 cities. First time on a cruise - loved it. Okumaya devam et
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  • Jo-Lynne SutherlandPortugal, Cruise, Italy 2025Gezgin

    November 1 Oria & Ostuni

    1 Kasım, İtalya ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    We spent the morning lining up bikes to rent in Lecce for Sunday, and Locorotondo Monday to visit Alberobello etc

    Then drove to Ostuni - known as the white city. Google maps got us to a parking lot near the historic centre, so we could easily walk in. Spent the day wandering about, had a fab lunch - best yet - in the main square. We then drove to Ostuni Marina - not much to see there and we’re back home in good time.Okumaya devam et

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  • Jo-Lynne SutherlandPortugal, Cruise, Italy 2025Gezgin

    Sunday Nov 2, Lecce

    2 Kasım, İtalya ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    Fabulous day - warm, clear blue skies, biking with Baja Bikes worked well. Once again, as the shop was in a walking street Google maps kept taking us round & round. Finally we realized we were within a 1 minute walk from it.

    Our new friend Antonio spoke English well and was very knowledgeable about world events. Had a great long chat with him both before & after.
    We headed into the heart of the historic district - super crowded so had to walk our bikes. Decided to cycle all around the perimeter, and into some of the less busy areas. The historic centre is beautiful - larger than in Oria or Ostuni, with far more churches, sculptures and squares. Impressive. 3.5 hours later we returned our bikes & walked back into the city. Had a delish lunch over looking Vitoria Emanuel II monument then walked about some more. The pics capture some of the beauty.

    By now it was dark, but Google maps got us home quite easily. We always use Cafe Kenya as our base - we know our way “home” from there.
    Again wine & cheese ended our day nicely    Okumaya devam et

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  • Jo-Lynne SutherlandPortugal, Cruise, Italy 2025Gezgin

    Monday Nov 3 Locorotondo & Alberobello

    3 Kasım, Portekiz ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    This was well worth the visit. Google maps worked well in getting us to Locorotondo. Not having a screen on our Mini, we’re still struggling a bit with “car play” and seeing the route - but getting better.
    We rented bikes from Puglia on Bike. I chose an e-bike and was delighted I did. It was super hilly. Andre sent me a biking map through WhatsApp, and gave me a holder for my phone. Do wish Peter was “responsible” for directions - but so be it. The map worked well to San Marco, then it stopped - said we had reached our destination - not good. . . .
    The sign at the intersection said Alberobello this way, so we headed off. When I checked the map, though, we were not on the path he’d suggested but further north along a highway. I suggested we head back and try to find the “blue” path. Bad idea. . . . We couldn’t find it, so ended up going back the way we’d come. Poor Peter, he was on a manual bike and the hills were steep. Was super impressed with how well he managed them. I would put my e-bike into 5 and zip up the hills, he had to pedal, pedal, pedal . . .
    Eventually we reached Alberobello, and what a sight. The pics say it all - so unique.

    It seems the trulli - traditional Apulian dry stone homes with conical roofs - were build in the 18th century for labourers in the vineyards. Many have symbols painted on them - mainly religious. It was hard to capture the vastness of the trulli - there are hundreds of them. Although a tourist site, it didn’t seem too touristy today.

    We paused for lunch but I ordered badly - grilled shrimp - what a mess peeling them only to end up with 6 small shrimp - lesson learned. . .
    All in all a wonderful day.    Okumaya devam et

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  • Jo-Lynne SutherlandPortugal, Cruise, Italy 2025Gezgin
    Peter found an old "witches" broom. Couldn't resist taking a pic
    Prima Vista Lounge - loved it.

    November 4 Last Day

    4 Kasım, İtalya ⋅ 🌬 18 °C

    Our amazing adventure has almost come to an end. We cleaned up Lily's lovely home then drove back to Brindisi to catch a flight to Lisbon then on to Rome but there was a slight glitz. I couldn’t check us into the Rome - Lisbon flight because although it’s booked through ITA, it’s a TAP flight.

    Boarding from Brindisi on ITA was a bit chaotic compared to the Ryan flight to get there.

    In Rome, we had a 3 hour lay over, so headed to Prima Vista Lounge again. This was a different one from before - and equally calm with lots of good Italian food & wine. Love traveling like this - wish we’d used our RBC Concierge before as it gives us 12 visits to lounges per year each. We’re both now down to 10 visits.

    Once we knew what gate the Rome Lisbon flight was going from we headed out. There was already a long queue. I manoeuvred myself up to the counter and told them our seat dilemma - we were placed in different rows in the middle. Not good. A sweet young girl was able to change us both to row 11 - only problem was it’s the emergency exit so I had to check my carry on. Not happy about that, but whatever. . . . .Peter could take his large backpack on board. Interesting in that I was assigned 11A, and would naturally have taken my carry on with me, but because we changed Peter’s seat, I was told I had to check it in. Oh well, whatever, it worked out OK in the end.

    We also played the “old man” card. and asked to be boarded early. These young girls can’t believe Peter is 83 . . . they go on & on about it. I get less attention . . .😉
    Only to say, after hearing this we were told to go to the priory lane - and no we weren’t with the wheelchairs this time - but got on super quick. As we went through, the young girls told all the others how old we were.

    Good fun but the only problem was waiting for my checked bag to appear. It finally did and then we tried to phone Hotel Star Inn for their shuttle service. They didn’t reply. After waiting a while, Peter asked a police officer who said it was a 4 minute walk away. Needless to say, we walked.
    The hotel is funky - love it. Lots of pics of movies stars - hence the name.
    All in all another good day. Tomorrow we head home.    Okumaya devam et

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  • Jo-Lynne SutherlandPortugal, Cruise, Italy 2025Gezgin

    Wednesday November 5 On Route Home.

    5 Kasım, Portekiz ⋅ 🌧 18 °C

    It rained buckets last night and the roof in the main lounge leaked. I was glad I took pics last night because there are buckets & towels everywhere.
    Breakfast was included and was good. Peter headed to the gym and I finally had some down time to upload my notes to Find Penquins and add some pics.
    We headed to the airport at 2:00pm looking forward to using ANA Lounge. Whoops - it wasn’t meant to be. There's only 1 lounge here and people were lined up to get in. No way we were going to do that.
    We found a place to grab a bite - and a beer - and waited until the gate was announced. It was closed when we arrived, but we managed to get in first and be boarded early. The plane was delayed about an hour waiting for passengers from other flights, but eventually we took off and arrived home 8 hours later. For the first time in ages, the flight was quiet - no crying children. I always feel sorry for parents with babies. Having been there, I can appreciate how stressful it is to have little ones who won't cooperate.

    WOW with an adventure we were on - 7 countries, 21 cities in a month. Good thing I took lots of notes and pics, otherwise my old brains would never remember where I was when.

    Looking forward to our next adventures    Okumaya devam et

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