Well by now we thought we would be off sailing but the maintenance and upgrade continue and we are enjoying Brindisi.
On the other hand we did get to out for dinner last night and had a delightful walk home in the warm night and the back streets of Brindisi.
Well the good news is we did finally head out of Brindisi on 7 June and sailed to Otranto further South to shorten our crossing to Greece this week. But more of that later. For now, just a couple of farewell photos of the boat yard in which we have spent so much time.
So Otranto turns out to be a beautiful little seaside port with an old wall city overlooking the small harbour. The photo below is from the city walls looking across the harbour. We tied up at the town quay on the right side of the photo and have been exploring the city - doing a minimum of boat jobs so we can enjoy the last of our Italian sojourn.
It's a city like many in Italy and Spain which allows its childen to be free to have fun and to participate with adults dining in restaurants till the late hours, making the most of the afternoon siesta which drives us mad. Nothing operates between aboiut 1:00pm and 5:00pm - even the restauranteurs go home for lunch!
Again it was the old churches which drew us in to their quiet, cool interior. There's just something about standing in the silence of a 1200 year old church admiring the mosaic floor which was laid by a single monk - workign to represent the Tree of Life using the whole church floor as his canvas.
...........while above the ceiling has been decorated in the ornate Italian baroque some 400 years or so later.
