San Ferdinando Di Puglia

  We really hadn't intended coming up this coast. We thought we would cross to the west coast and take in Naples and Rome but I'm pleased the wind was blowing the way it was when we left Bari because this is a great route. One fishing village after another, all pretty !

These old fellows were catching crabs for bait in Giovanezzo. 1st village today

Then came Molfetta. A 16th century town with a big commercial fleet as well. The man is selling squid and the old lady is bagging beans for sale

A big bag of cherrys cost €2. Yum!

Trani was next with lunch beside a 12th century castle,.

Barletta was the biggest with huge beachs ,all carefully groomed for the summer visitors expected in a few weeks. The water was sooo warm yet I was the only one in. 

Enough messing about . We need to get further north. It's 23' today and the wind is blowing right up our jacksy

We've done 68kms by the time we reach

 San Ferdinando so we booked into the only pub in town ,rested up then joined the locals for their evening promenade . This is such an Italian thing and we love it. They come out in the cool of the evening and just stroll ! Chatting, eating, very sociable. 

We had such a lot of fun with the locals as we were waiting. Using sign language we managed to tell them we had 13 grand bambinos and we were visiting by bike.  The 'crazy' sign was easy to understand !