Italy’s “Heel of the Boot” part 2: Lecce and Southern Puglia
Since Puglia is a bit off the beaten path, it is best to plan to spend a full week or more. For the second half of our week, we chose Lecce as our home base for exploring southern Puglia. With more days – and we found ourselves needing more...
Puglia, Italy’s “Heel of the Boot”
Rome, Florence, and Venice get a lot of hype in the tourism world – and for good reason. However, Italy is a treasure trove of wonderful smaller cities, sites, and cultures. A region that has long been on my bucket list was Puglia, the “heel of the boot”. You...
Rigatoni Della Nonna
Later this week, we will be in vacanza in Italy, and non vedo d’ora! (I can’t wait!) We will be traveling with my parents to visit our relatives in northern Italy (my grandmother’s cousins) as well as heading to some parts of Italy that none of us have been...