Culinary Experience in Puglia: Day 3 – Live

We sure have been feasting the past few days in Salento, Puglia with Kathy of Food Lover’s Odyssey and Claudia Parisi on a food-filled adventure. Day 1 was a slow, laid back day that started with a lunch buffet feast and ended with a marathon welcome dinner in Lecce. Day 2 took us to an underground olive mill for olive oil tasting, lunch at a botanic garden, visit to Otranto and a dinner of unique dishes.

Follow along today as we’ll be going to one of the loveliest town in Grecia Salentina, followed by a winery visit, where we’ll be wine tasting and an afternoon walk in the country. Catch up on Day 1 and Day 2. Follow along today, as we’ll be continue to share our experience in Puglia live! (Click here to update this page)

Monday, April 18

7.15pm: On our way back to Rome and we’ll sure miss this group of lovely ladies who have made this weekend unforgettable. 

 
4.00pm: Exploring the Salentine countryside. Spring time is a burst of colors.

  
2.12pm: Bought a few bottles of each wine we tasted.

1.36pm: Tasting wines made from grapes indigenuous to the region: negroamaro and primitivo. 

 12.41pm: Ready for the winery visit, wine tasting and light lunch. We’ll see how “light” lunch will be 🙂

  
12.03pm: My kind of souvenirs. Stop at a pasta shop.

  
11.29am: Caffe al ghiaccio and pasticciotto for me, please. Tray of sweet treats including pasticciotto and fruttone (filled with almond paste and sour cherry jam).

10.22am: In the town of Galatina for a visit to Basilica di Santa Caterina di Alessandria with a mix of Romanesque and Gothic style built in the 14th century. The fresco cycles here are stunning. 

 
9.05am: Buongiorno! Having exclusive use of the masseria for the group is a real treat. Tranquil and Breakfast and we’ll soon be going to Galatina.