Puglia Socks Down 3
- krolesh
- Aug 11, 2024
- 2 min read
Monopoli
The next morn we went off to explore this amazing town, and, I gotta say, we were gobsmacked at its immense beauty.
And gobsmacked at the quality of its cuisine as well.
Needs a coffee. But of course there was a coffee machine, and shitloads of coffee to put in it.
Michael went out to get us some brekky, and then made me a coffee that was so strong that my heart popped out of its holder, and I had to manually put it back in, whilst trying to remain calm.
We checked out the Basilica Cattedrale Madonna Della Madia, the main cathedral in the town.
It was unbelievable.
The square outside
Then we strolled to the beach
Pretty nice innit
Old city walls, built by the Spanish in 1545, who ruled Monopoli at the time.
Superman was there
After the obligatory siesta, we wandered into the best fine foods store in history
Buon appetito!
Yes, it's mannequins modeling kids underwear. Go figure.
A ripper of a gum tree right in the centre of town
Glorious moon
The place is even more stunning in the eve, if that's at all possible.
We heard music, and stumbled upon a superb free summer concert, featuring an amazing female vocalist and an orchestra. It's so incredible to see and hear such beautiful music in a setting like this.
Southern Europe in summer is something else, I gotta tell ya
A wonderful concert in aid of the ANPI, an anti-fascist organisation founded by partisans fighting against Mussolini during WWII.
They've got a lot of work to do these days.
The band were playing amazing music, pretty much all based on northern African, Turkish or Persian scales.
The flautist was killing it.
In the best way of course.
We ate, and eventually wandered back to the ranch, totally blown away by our day in this Paradise.
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