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Noicattaro

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    • Day 9

      Last night at Masseria Lama San Giorgio

      March 9, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F

      I got back to the Masseria, and the weather was still nice out. I decided to pour myself some wine and head to the pool. I also put my story on, so I wore it at least once!

      After the sun went down, I went to my room to rest for a while before dinner. I also started to pack up some things I won't wear again this trip. And I put together for tomorrow and the way home.

      Dinner was early--I was there at 7:30pm. My table was back to the normal one. The guy next to me was watching videos of machines and then soccer, with the sound turned up. I also had a new waiter, who spoke to me in English.

      I had the antipasto, which was a ball of smoked mozzarella, wrapped in prosciutto. There was grilled zucchini and all was.on a bed of mashed potatoes with saffron. And it was topped with crispy capocollo. So good!

      For the main dish, I had gnocchi stuffed with spinach with a cheesy tomato sauce. It was good, but not as awesome as last night's pasts.

      My dessert was called "Sporcamuss". It was a lemony cream between two layers of puff pastry. The literal translation is, "dirty mouth," because the powdered sugar goes everywhere. It was great with my limoncello!

      The dining room was definitely livelier than it has been. A family who might have been Israeli was giving the waiter a run for his money. It was sometimes funny and at other times painful to watch. The woman made a big deal about being vegetarian. But then ordered fish. Turns out no red meat is vegetarian. The adult son was loud, too.

      It was time to go to bed and get a good night's rest for tomorrow!
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    • Day 7

      Masseria Agriturismo Lama San Giorgio

      March 7, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F

      It took about a half hour to get here, mostly on the highway. But there was construction on the local road. This is definitely an agricultural area. What I thought was a big hotel was a grain elevator!

      Down the dirt road to get here, I was getting nervous that it was going to be a weird stay. But as I approached the main house, I knew it would be okay. It's a big building where there are rooms and the meals. I am looking forward to eating dinner here as well as having a proper breakfast!

      My room is not in the main building, but in an addition by the pool. They have built rooms around a central area filled with olive trees. The rooms have glass doors on both ends, but no other windows. It is a beautiful room with a queen size bed and a twin. The bathroom has a tub with a shower head but no shower. I am taking a bath tonight!

      There was also a complimentary bottle of bubbles in the fridge. I will enjoy that this evening! Dinner is from 7:45 to 9:30pm. I can arrive any time.

      Time to explore!
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    • Day 7

      First night at Lama San Giorgio

      March 7, 2023 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 52 °F

      I got back to the room at about 5:30pm, after getting turned around going through Rutigliano. Back to my normal self...

      Dinner didn't start until 7:45, so I lounged in bed for awhile, finally deciding to take a bath. I'm glad I thought of it early, because the water came out really slow. I think it took 45 minutes to fill. It is a large tub with jets. There's no shower, but it has a handheld shower that I could use to wash my hair. I turned on the jets and had a wonderful soak. Then I washed my hair--the first time since I arrived. The showers are just too small--I can barely bathe in them!

      I got out of the tub and realized 2 things. #1 Water had leaked from the tub and was all over the floor. It was definitely not from splashing out. #2 I did not know how to pull the plug and drain it! Oh well, it seemed like a problem for later...

      Dinner was a 2 minute walk from my room, in the big house. I got to choose 2 items off the menu along with a dessert. I am guessing that I will pay for the wine when I check out. I had artichoke on a bed of some sort of creamy polenta. It was heavenly! I chose a steak for the main course. It was good but not authentic to the region. For dessert I had a decadent chocolate cream. Then it was time for bed!
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    • Day 8

      I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing!

      March 8, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F

      Dinner was great last night but very filling. I will start with the rest of my day to that point. The drive home was uneventful,--I think I only got turned around once going through Putignano or Turi. The towns always mess me up!

      I arrived back at the masseria at about 4;30pm. I had bought a bottle of wine in Alberobello and went to the reception to get a corkscrew. She asked if I wanted a glass, but there were glasses yesterday. Of course there weren't any when I got to the room. So I walked back and she gave me two.

      I enjoy some of the wine on the back patio of my room. I think it's for smokers, but it was a nice respite. It started to get cold, so I went back inside and watched an episode of The Mentalist in Italian.

      I walked to the restaurant at 7:30pm. There was a beautiful full moon which pictures didn't do justice to. In the restaurant, I sat at my table #21, and looked at the menu. Apparently it changes every day. Today I ordered Carbonara alla Masseria, which had delicious mushrooms in some sort of cream sauce. For my secondi, I had a veal steak, topped with ground pistachios. I ate about 3/4 of this enormous steak. Dessert was tiramisu. I was SO full!

      I waddled home and promptly fell asleep!
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