The ferry arrived on schedule and we headed off for the old part of Bari, narrow alleys, no cars. According to Tripadvisor, 837 restaurants, but they are probably missing a few. We dropped the bags off at the B&B. The room won’t be ready for a few hours, so that gives us time to explore. We are leaving fairly early in the morning, so I wanted to scope out the trip to the train station. It’s going to be a pretty long walk dragging a roller bag. Once back in Bari Vecchio (old Bari), we search out a cafe for a cup of coffee and a WC, the choices were somewhat limited (actually we only found one place open before noon).
You can put anything in front of “-eteria”. If you serve coffee, you have “cafeteria”. If you serve pizza, you have a”pizzateria”. If you serve spaghetti, you have a “spagheteria”. But our favorite was if you serve mojitos, you have a “mojitoteria”. The most famous part of old Bari is the Bastillio de St Nicholas, said to be
where he was buried in 300 AD. The church was very impressive with gold guilding surround the paintings on the ceiling, it has the appearance of a castle, and was apparently used as one several times in its thousand year old history. Of course it was restored in 1300 to add some more modern touches.
By the time we left it was pouring rain which lasted until the evening. The sky’s finally cleared long enough for us to dine al frescho. Zuppa ai fungi and spaghetti carbonara with 1/2 liter of white wine.
Tomorrow up early, the owner of the B&B is going to drive us to the train station as we head for Cinque Terra.
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