Spent the night in Matera again...what a great hostel

Home sweet home! There is somthing within us humans that needs to have a place to call our own. I am feeling that for sure after living out of a bag for 4 months now. I left intending to take a day trip around the southeast peninusla of Italy and then make my way back to my 16th century palace in Matera to just feel a little at home. I was in Lecce at 4pm and it was going to be dark in an hour and I had a decision to make....well I decided to driving in the dark ...

What can I say. Just another city. No river, no ocean, no beach...no much to keep my attention although the theater was pretty cool...now for the mad dash to get back to the hostel in Matera...

This side of the peninsual is awesome. Very different from the west side. Amazing twisting road that was perfectly paved. And believe it or not that is hard to come by in Italy. Some of the roads are horrible!

The farthest southeast you can go in Italy. I had a great lunch here sitting under the lighthouse watching a ship pass by. Pretty amazing to have covered all the ground I have. Now I will be heading back up the peninsual!