Distance travelled: 395km
Total distance: 9190km
Ice cream count: 26.5

 

Our next stop was right on the coast and was the first day in a couple of weeks that we had a breeze and felt we could actually breathe! We spent an afternoon exploring the local town of Giovinazzo, which turned out to be beautiful and more like Dubrovnik or Greece with its white marble houses and bright blue waters sparkling in the sun. We also found a lovely little bar for today’s Aperol and a draught IPA for Matt. Vito, the owner was a really lovely guy and his gorgeous new little bar was fab.
This campsite was reported to be lovely but noisy, being next to some beach bars that were open until 4am. The reports were true, but the music was the least of our worries as on the second night the local town hosted a festival which had a midnight firework display literally on the beach next to us – we had a good view from our cabin bed, but poor Wilf was apparently terrified by the firework booms and resulting shakes of the van and managed to open the door and get out… luckily not going too far, but it was a very unsettled night for us all!