Salento in bicicletta #1: Il mio viaggio comincia da Alberobello

I'm leaving under a nice storm Good morning friends, guess where I am I know, it's not easy to guess, these structures are quite common in the world Anyway, I'm kidding, you already understood, I'm in Alberobello This week I intend to do the tour of the Salento I will do about 400 km by bicycle Now I will descend the Ionic coast I will arrive in Gallipoli, then in Santa Maria di Leuca Then I will climb the Adriatic coast, going to Lecce These are the biggest cities I will take many beautiful places Now let's go to visit Alberobello Fantastic, beautiful, it seems to be in a fairy tale In most of the houses, trulli have become souvenir shops Restaurants Anyway, this morning it was a little late I had some traffic on the highway I decided to leave immediately I will always be able to visit Alberobello when I have finished the tour The first town where I will arrive will be Martina Franca Weather forecasts give a storm in a couple of hours As I go on, I will realize the situation Here we are in the middle of the Valditria Comote, where are you taking me? I trust you One of the few positive things of this application Which always makes you take secondary roads Little trafficked Comote, damn it, Comote I don't know where he's taking me I have no idea Let's say it all, guys I couldn't wait to start pedaling Giola, what do you think? If we tickle Martina Franca On the one hand, I think the sky is covered And on the other hand, a manna came from the sky Climb! I have to rest a little The Pugliese climbs do not forgive Anyway, there is traffic in these parts I can't wait to get to quieter places One thing The contest, given the name La Mia Bicicletta It was won by Giuseppe Hi Giuseppe, thank you very much Giuseppe is a very good boy He gave La Mia Bicicletta a fabulous name Super smart, I like it a lot Via Giola Hi Giuseppe Hi Giuseppe, thank you, I like the name a lot See? She likes it too We arrived at Martina Franca Now let's tickle something Right, Via Giola? Good morning How is this? Thank you Cooked ham and fondina Hi Martina Franca Fish So I passed Martina Franca Now I'm going to Grottaglie Guys, I don't know about you I had the vaccine about a week ago And the first week I had no symptoms I have to say that since yesterday I have a lot of pain in my joints Weakness in the legs and arms Does anyone of you confirm these symptoms? Grottaglie will be about 5 km away It's 3.45 am It should have rained at 3 am It seems to me that The forecasts this time were wrong But how do you do? Guys, what problems do you have? With pneumonia I come from Abruzzo To visit these incredible places So beautiful I can't understand Grottaglie A coffee, please I already told you that I lost my glasses Exactly a year ago I lost a pair of glasses And this year I lost it again Ok, let's say goodbye to Grottaglie Let's go to Manduria Now I have to try to find a couple With little money In Grottaglie I had done about 40 km And for Manduria It seems to me that There are another 30 km Today I come to see the sea I also exceeded my forecasts Look at the beautiful olive trees Wow Refuse, refuse Always refuse Finally a nice road Pleasant, quiet This morning Alberobello Martina Franca An incredible traffic That's why I stopped a little Guys, eating almonds every now and then It's good Manduria-Lecce I just passed Manduria And I'm heading Practically On the Ionio Sea I would like to reach the dunes of Torre Colimera It's about 50 minutes Come on, let's see I hope I can do it There should be a camping Various bags of Mondizia I just saw a water About a year ago I started my adventure as a cyclist I always started in Puglia I did the Gargano tour And today I'm here to do the Salento Guys Imagine how much I like Puglia In today's tour I realize That I showed very little I started badly Then the forecasts worried me a little So I just thought of going on But I swear that tomorrow If not already tonight I will recover with Something more interesting The final goal of today It is practically reached Here is the sea I'm on the coast Ionica Coast It's almost time to start thinking About a break There was almost an accident a few meters from me These are the Saline dei Monaci