Florence of the South

Puglia is full of so many beautiful towns but the town of Lecce might just be the most beautiful one we have seen so far. They call it the Florence of the South and it’s pretty obvious why. There is beautiful architecture everywhere and of course amazing food.

We drove over and walked around exploring all morning.

We headed right for a coffee shop when we arrived that just happened to look over this Roman Amphitheatre that was built in the 2nd century. This right here is Randy’s dream vacation, ancient Roman ruins combined with an amazing double espresso. I’m surprised he ever left.

Adam might have been more excited about his ice-cream.

These two wanted to walk around and every time a car drove by they would run to the side of the cobble stone road. Afterwards Adam would run to Malcolm and give him a hug yelling about how happy he was that Malcolm was ok. Flair for the dramatic that one.

This town really is breathtaking. There are baroque buildings everywhere and it is a truly breathtakingly beautiful town.

After a full morning of exploring we stopped fro lunch in a cute little tavern. The food was amazing and this was our view.

After a full day of walking around we grabbed another coffee and headed home to relax and have dinner.

Some of us were still pretty jetlagged so it was best we went home to enjoy the eggplant parm daddy made and the homemade tortellini we bought from our old Italian grandma. Both boys were so wiped out from our day out that they slept all night again! Thank you Lecce!