We messed up. Because we had a long day we ended up oversleeping. That was definitely not the plan. I packed up my suitcase because we were not sure how long we would be out on the road. I had a train ticket to leave Foggia on Saturday for Rome, but we weren't sure if we were going to head up north. If we were, she was going to drop me off in Rome herself. I was excited for our road trip. I didn't know what to expect. We quickly had our coffee and made our way to the auto shop. We crossed our fingers when we walked in. The problem with not being able to get a car to rent was the fact that most Europeans were still on vacation. They were not returning them in time, and kept holding on to their vehicles. Low and behold they had a car for us, but they still had to run a maintenance check on it. We were told to come back after 3pm and we should be all set to go.
What did we do in the meantime? We went for gelato of course! I was craving it real bad. We went to our usual parlor in town and treated ourselves to our delight. I ordered a double scooped fig gelato! It was delish!!
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| THE BEST! |
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| So many flavors! |
When we went back again to the auto shop, we FINALLY got our car! By now it was close to 4pm. My friend decided to go south again. We felt it was late in the day and figured we would enjoy more of the night life in the south. After a 4 hour drive we made it. Of course, we were pulling into Gallipoli when everyone was getting off from work. The traffic was coming from everywhere. It took us about an hour to find parking. Back at the auto shop we made reservations at a hotel. Looking for that took us another 40 minutes. We were frustrated, hungry, hot because of the humidity, and nervous lugging our suitcases around in such a massive crowd. There were so many people around us! We had trouble trying to get through. We were going in circles. Eventually, we asked someone who gave us the right directions and sure enough, walked right into it! We were so relieved. The bad news was we might have parked in an area that might give us a ticket. The concierge told us to make sure we give her the plate number of the rental. She was going to find a way to take care of it for us if we did get one.
We made our way to our room. It was beautiful! We had the patio to ourselves. I was curious to see who else was staying with us at our hotel. The bad news was our room had no air conditioner. We both took turns taking a shower to cool off. I got my second wind and was feeling pretty excited to checkout Gallipoli at night.
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| Changed into a tunic dress with my converse. I wanted to be comfortable, and since we were in a new town, wore my fanny pack as well. |
We were starving at this time. We walked down to the fish market. There was so much going on. It was overwhelming. A lot of people knew right away that we were tourists and were trying to get us to come to their restaurant. We settled on a place and my friend went over to see what they had. She was in charge of the menu, so I trusted her selection.
We finally got our meal and we devoured it. As usual, we ordered la fruta di mare (fruits of the sea). I do enjoy fresh seafood, and the scampi were huge! We were very satisfied with our meal. Afterwards, we went for a stroll around il centro. By now a lot of the shops were closing up. We heard music up ahead and found a dj playing house music outside of a restaurant. Everyone was sitting outside at the patio listening. Again, I was surprised no one was dancing because he was very good. I still feel Italians are pretty reserved, but at least a group of little kids were dancing for him. It was too cute!
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| So many restaurants to choose from! I was surprised how many people were out on a Thursday night... |
We ordered a glass of spumante and then afterwards walked around some more. We were tired after a long day of driving. We figured we'll get up in the morning for check out and then experience Gallipoli in the daytime. After that who knows? Anything was possible!
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