We had a wonderful night’s sleep on one of
those “memory foam” mattresses. Breakfast was great too with a wide selection
of sweet and savoury item to choose from. New for us was a form of break that
was dry as a bone and rock hard. Anita pointed out that there was a sign that said
to dip the bread in a bowl of water provided for that purpose. Not sure what
you would no next though. Perhaps capillary action is very fast.
We couldn’t talk the reception staff into
letting us stay for the remaining nights, so had to leave our luggage to be
ferried by them to the original hotel.
Our first stop was the nearby tourist info
centre that we had seen the previous evening. Armed with another map showing
five walking routes covering about 40 churches, we set off to wander down the
streets and alleys. While the ladies were in the tourist info, a cloud wiped
all the nice sunshine away and it started to sprinkle. Alternating sun, clouds
and showers persisted for the rest of the day. Most of the time we found a
place to shelter until the worst passed.
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Ornamental stonework is a prominent feature
on churches here.
At one point we saw a sign for the Blind Institue and
cheekily walked in for a quick peek. A chap named Antonio came out to ask what
we wanted. One of our ladies asked if we could look around. Quick as a flash he
was leading us on a personalised tour of the premises. We were amazed at the
size of the place – he showed us at least 30 rooms. It used to be a boarding
school but now they only have day students. He showed us the largest Braille library
in Italy. He picked out Dante’s Divine Comedy for us to inspect. Interestingly,
Antonio was born in Germany (Stuttgart) and only returned to Italy in 1997.
Life is better here he said. His German was better than his English so Anita
and I translated.
Elsewhere in Lecce,
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