A small history lesson is required

Matera

After leaving Ostuni we drove cross country to Matera a lovely route past the Tuillerijs again.

Unbelievable

We arrived in Matera unprepared, parked up by some flats, Bobby gave problems at least the lift, so got the hammer out,   But I was a bit out of humour with my concern for the e bike lift, that and hundreds if school kids was too much and we finally gave up and went to our camping, just outside town

A good place on the hill looking out too the mountains in the distance

great pasta made by Marijke that night, she is spoiling me

Next morning up early and with half the camping in the bus , Bobby too and the four footers

In town tried to get a Tuk ,Tuk sold out. 

So with  Bobby to Sassi 

we entered the area signposted turned right to a sort of viewing point and saw this

So now the history lesson

Known as la città sotterranea ("the underground city"), its historical centre "Sassi" contains ancient cave dwellings from the Paleolithic period (10th millennium BC). If continually inhabited as Leonardo A. Chisena has suggested it would be one of the oldest continually inhabited settlements in the world;[4] alternatively it has been suggested by Anne Parmly Toxey that the site has been "occupied continuously for at least three millennia and occupied sporadically for 150-700 millennia prior to this".

We both just gasped in wonder

The rest you may one day see for yourselves

We got a bit lost trying to avoid stairs but we saw enough never to forget this place

Somethings I just cannot see because of steps and Marijke stays with me , fantastic

This day we separated for just half an hour before getting the bus back snd we met by chance , guess where the Gelateria

Near this building

Back at the camping time to absorb what we had seen, a delicious salad and to bed

To Triona we went, cross country and a few detours later we arrived, that I will spare you..?But we laughed.  Eventually We turned the 2 old farmers watched us trying to turn our campers in the depth of valley, atbthe end of s road going nowhere... Talk about looking

perplexed

And Marijke said good place to have a drink and eat something, love her for it. And we got out without

meeting any one coming towards us

Triona a Hill town on the Apulia  way our  next port of call , was a place steeped in history , said to be named after Troy again history, you may look it up!!

We rested then climbed the hill above the parking with free electricity ! At 6.00pm The oldies where going to church the men chatting on benches and the young parading through the village  streets , which I remember from San Remo

And just around this corner we found a sleepy restaurant, with a children's party and we had a great meal

The menu was completely translated for us by a local

Every day is such a suprise often

by the way lots of the photos are from Marijke

This one is where we  have been for 3 days in Manfredonia 

relaxing and I watching Roland Garros and I did go in , helped by a lovely German couple. 

This was 2 mornings ago at 5.22 am 

This morning I was too late but at 6.00 am I wrote this to you, excuse all the mistakes

Today we move on up to Pescara on the highway wenhave decided then across and up. 

You will see

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