Travelling to Bari - Puglia 🇮🇹 - CycleBlaze

November 6, 2024

Travelling to Bari

The trip from Toronto to Rome was uneventful but we had a 5hr layover in Rome that was interesting.  First, we tried to change to a 1:30 flight but that was not possible without cancelling our entire ticket including the return and rebooking. We tried to change locally and by phone to AC but no success. We could have done it with AC but of course it would have cost too much money.  We arrived in Terminal 3 but departed from Terminal 1 to Bari. There are 4 different lounges in Terminal 1 but we couldn’t get into any of them despite our tickets.  The one that is affiliated with Air Canada will only allow you in if you are departing on an AC ticket. We have an AC ticket but on an ITA flight so it does not qualify. Next we tried the ITA lounge but we were too early and for 2 hrs it was 59-79€, not happening. We even got a ITA boarding pass to be safe but still no luck. Lastly we tried the lounge associated with my BMO Mastercard but since I didn’t have the actual card with me that didn’t work either. After all of our options were exhausted we went for lunch with an Aperol spritz for Tim and a lemoncello spritz for me.   All in all it was a first world problem. 

Once we made it to Bari we checked into our lovely Air B&B in the heart of the city.  It has 2 separate sleeping areas and 2 bathrooms so we each should sleep well.  We went for a short walk and stopped a local pasta dish.

Tim brought my Portugal jersey that we had purchased after our spring trip. It was nicer than anything we saw in country.
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The main living area with Tim’s sleeping area in the back.
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My bedroom. I love all of the stone walls and ceiling.
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Hilary JaegerVery cool Air BnB. Looks to have a similar feel to the place we had in Avignon, but a little more compact and practical.
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Karen PoretLooks like a giant pizza oven! 😁
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Dinner which was orchiette al ragu con brasciola with a glass of Puglia wine. Orchiette is the local pasta and the brasciola is rolled up sliced beef with spices somewhat like a roulade minus the pickle.
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This is the land of seafood and octopus but this is the first time that I have seen an octopus sandwich. This is not happening.
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Hilary JaegerI love octopus but I’m not sure I could bite into one of those! Inevitably there’d be half a tentacle hanging out of the corner of your mouth…
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Jan MeyerLove your B&B. Judy says the octopus is fabulous … just shut your eyes!
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Pat HeydonLove the accommodation! Good start to the trip.
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