We had 2 objectives today. 1. Take Miles to the acclaimed ZooSafari, and 2. Find a place that serves ricci, or sea urchins. We failed in the first because ZooSafari is only open on Sundays in the winter, but decided to talk a little walk in Alberobello, a beautiful little town made of these cool buildings called Trulli. The countryside is full of them in this area of Puglia, but they are concentrated in the town of Alberobello. The story is that years ago the taxes were so high that people couldn't pay them, so they decided to make these houses of stone without mortar where you could easily tear them down if you heard the tax man was around.
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Miles was disappointed about the ZooSafari thing, but we tried to convince him that we were going to smurf village. He wasn't convinced but tried to be a good sport.
After walking around Alberobello for a bit, drinking some wine and making friends (Miles and "Ale" the dog) we left for the coast (15 minutes away) and "Da Renzina" which according to Gabri is a famous restaurant for eating fish and especially "i riccci". (He always declares places are famous AFTER we get there and AFTER it's been confirmed that HE made a good choice.) Gabri got his ricci, I got my pasta with fresh seafood, we drank a bottle of rosato, Miles ate some cake, and we sat very contentedly and satiated and looked at the sea.
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