Lecce's limestone curls...

What a splendid city! Sumptuously decorated churches and palaces. Here some photos, showing the love of curling stone and plasterwork...

The streams of tourists have not yet arrived and the weather is just right, early May. The locals say it becomes unbearably hot in August. We admired  the rococo pillars in a fairly restrained cathedral.
And reached the Roman theatre at lunchtime -- deserted and serene in the midday sun.

Last night we ate Greek (for practice) with Heather (Amsterdam) and her sister Sandra (SF) -- both originally from Australia.

 This is a reminder of the sea at Gallipoli... How quiet and tranquil it can be at times...

This may be the last of my blogs for a couple of weeks.
Tomorrow I go to Como and spend a week up north (Venice and so forth) with cousin Nomi. On 16 May I fly from Milan to Athens...