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**Well I did this really early but haven’t go around to publishing it….so yeah
So I went to Puglia which is in Southern Italy with my friends (aka burn buddies) Max and Lindsay for the week of Easter.
We had a blast and definitely took in the culture there (Especially the weather) and it was truly an experience.
We did have some pitfalls especially with a certain tour guide in Trani who scammed us to give him 5 euros (donated by Max) and the fact that we had a total of almost a day of train travel (however it was super efficient there)…and also the fact that Lecce (my favorite city from the trip) did NOT have a H&M (but Bari did)…
and also the fact that I spoiled MANY episodes of Glee for Max (and alas he repeats I have ONLY seen the first FOUR episodes of the FIRST SEASON…which in my opinion is just a shame)
Anyway here are the pictures:
so we start out in Bari…we actually stayed in MOLA DI BARI which is about 20 minutes outside of Bari…but yeah…I think to conclude about Bari is that it is like the Naples of the South…which could be a good thing or a very bad thing…
So we also go to see this church in Bari in the citta vecchia part of the city…it was really nice…however we did not really see the city so I barley have any pics from this city…
So Trani was the first town we go to see and I really enjoyed it…I thought the place was kind of sketch at first but then It became really enjoyable…
This is the Duomo of the town, and as you can see it is a Romanesque building….I hate Romanesque but since the background is SUPER blue and the building is white, I can’t really hate it..because it looks so awesome. 
so Puglia is definitely a fishing district and Trani is one of the many places where there are boats…and this was the first place I heard Pugliese (the dialect from this area) and all I have to say is WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?
There was also a castle…(which is very common in this area) and we wanted to go in it, but Max refused to go into because he didn’t want to pay the 2 euro fee… this is also an area where the sky almost matches the sea…amazing
So the next day we headed out the Alberobello which is the middle of Puglia. They are famous for these trulli houses…at first I thought there would be a field of them (like the train ride there) but found out they are actually HOUSES and people live in them! Sweet…you can even rent on out….Spring Break 2012?
This is also the church of the town…really pretty…yeah I don’t have anything to say about this but how nice it is….
Now, you may ask “What does Busta Rhymes have to do with Puglia” but I will tell you this man has everything to do with Puglia…our next destination was Lecce, the Florence of the South as I heard from many people….and Bust Rhymes was having a concert on Easter…we were thinking about going but did not know where they were having the concert and also did not want to pay the 25 euro fee. 
So I found out there is a such thing as Leccese Baroque…and that is what makes up Lecce. Baroque EVERYTHING. and I l always love me some Baroque..so here are some sequences of pictures of Baroque* things in Lecce. (*if some things aren’t baroque I apologize terribly on making you think it is baroque…I am assumer…)
Lecce was actually my favorite city of Puglia…people were nice and friendly and I definitely enjoyed myself…very young town (well always because of the university)
Do you see the town that is in the distance? You know after the sign, the car, the big tree on the left? Yep that is Ostuni…and yep we did walk up hill 45 minutes…it was absolutely lovely…hopefully you know it was sarcasm.
So this is the outskirts of Ostuni and it was a really cute town..reminds of those Greece towns I have seen on Mamma Mia! and The Sisterhood of Traveling pants…So here is a sequence of the town…I would say more but we didn’t really do anything…because we were wiped out from the climb.
So now I leave you with some leftover pictures of Lecce and sidewalk chalk art…which is lovely.
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so hopefully you enjoy this post, and I will have one out before I leave this place *tears* (not sarcastic)
A presto,
Maya
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