Today (6 May) was delightful -- sunny, sweet breeze, Judith (First Mate) and I set off after lunch to investigate Gallipoli, while David finished editing a learned book and sent the pdf file off to the publishers...
Gallipoli has a centro storico which is any architectural historian's joy -- and a cathedral which is a baroque joy (partly same archirect as Lecce's cathedral).
And of course, as we approached the old centre, we dropped into a gelateria for the most chocolatty icecream I've had in days...
The old centre is built on the end of a promontory and the sea appears glimpsed through the houses on either side as you progress down the Corso Roma...
All most delightful, and on our walk back we encountered the well-known Italian phenomenon of the Sunday afternoon passegiato -- crowds out, huge family parties, ambling along the main streets, licking gelati...
Back to the boat, waiting moored beside a glassy sea, and Judith made light Italian salad-ish supper -- washed down with Severio's white wine, followed by Aldo's limoncello.
What a life...
Pictures to come...
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