lecce

We struck heavy rain on our second day in Italy. Drenched and cold we entered Ostuni, a fascinating looking town that includes a beautiful old centre spiralling around a hill all in crumbling cream stone. The rain being too heavy to see much we were lucky to catch a train for the rest of the ride to Lecce. 

The rain was still torrential and the roads started to resemble rapid streams as we searched for a place to stay in Lecce. We have noted that we don't tend to post pictures of the tough times on the trip. I guess that taking a snap is the last thing you think of doing in unpleasant situations. We will try to give a little more balance in future posts if we can so its not all sun sets and ice cream. So here's a picture of a cranky camper trying to warm up in a cafe ....

We stayed in a Lecce for a few days to see out the rain in a strangely run-down hotel with lots of religeous paraphernalia including pictures of the pope visiting the hotel. We delighted in Italy's take on religious icons in general. Lots of bright pastel statues of Jesus (particularly at petrol stations for some reason) but also quite strange statues on churches. We had fun guessing the meaning of these statues like the one below that seems to play up a raunchy S&M side of Catholicism. Overcome with religeous zeal you can see me below giving the Pope a high five!

Italian transport - mini trucks, Fiats and scooters.