We had a bit of a slow start as the hot water system had failed again in the Airbnb. It had failed yesterday and they had worked hard to fix it but the same problem happened today.
As we were doing a food and drink walking tour later in the day we had brunch mid-morning. Angela and I then decided to go on the little tourist train around the city- closest thing to a hop-on hop-off open top bus tour we could find
We then relaxed at home for a while before heading out for the guided walking tour which included some food and drink. Our guide was Luciana who spoke fluent French and English. As the other two people on the tour were French and spoke little English Luciana’s language skills came in very handy
We met at one of the old gates to the city, which was being restored. Our guided walk took us back to the square of the Duomo where a wedding just happened to be taking place. What a magical place to get married and, I’m told, only €200!
We moved onto another church (there are A LOT OF churches in Lecce) where another wedding was in progress. I’ve no idea how much it costs to get married here
We ate a load of local pastries up near the Roman amphitheater and then wandered around to the southern gate of the city walls where we filled up on tapas style snacks and some lovely wine.
We then said farewell to Luciana and the two French women and returned to our Airbnb. With great joy we discovered that the hot water had been sorted so it was a hot shower and hair wash for me, just in case it broke again before morning
Although we hadn’t had a proper meal as such, none of us were hungry but we bought a bit of cheese and some nibbles to munch on when playing a few hands of bridge back at base.
Tomorrow is our last day in Lecce. We plan to explore the twice weekly food market and maybe do an underground tour. We shall see
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