It’s 6:07am and Juliet myself and Ali are on the train to the airport to fly to Roma...We got to bed at around 1am so have felt better.

Lecce was stunning, every inch of it was covered with ornate churches and little Via’s and Strades. The theatre, did indeed, live up to expectation. It was huge, and beautiful.

At 1.30am the other morning I heard blue murder being shouted by some Italian wifey who was shouting and balling and chucking things. Mercutio and I had a laugh thinking that she was shouting at the husband who she’d caught in bed with a younger model! Was going to  shout at them to shut up, when we thought  that perhaps we’d just shut it. didn’t want to wake up with a horse head in my bed.

We ate at a real family run outfit with “Mama” in the kitchen, who was cooking in her slippers, awesome food.

“bye bye” the taxi driver picked us up at 5.25am, so a kip on the train is in order.

“Sleep dwell upon thy eyes”

Just arrived in Lecce, and it’s really stunning. Our B&B, if you can call it that, is in a converted 12th century Church and our room is a duplex suite. Going to go for a wander around Lecce to take in some of the sights, then dinner, and early to bed. A morning show tomorrow, then one in the evening. I hope the theatre lives up to the accommodation.

Ok, so I have been neglecting the blog. Molfetta has treated us very well indeed. We are staying in a massive monastery (not as big as Mansion Montague - Which is much larger than the Capulet house by the way.) by the sea front. It’s very cosy. An actual Monk gave us our room keys!

The two guys who run the Theatre, Fredrico and Pantelao (apologies for the spelling) are brilliant, kind and generous. They have treated us to quite a few meals, taken us to visit the neighboring town and Pantelao treated us to a great personalised performance of the Italian Punch and Judy which he performed.

Another memeber of the company here, Matilda, took Mercutio, Juliet, Ali and Myself into Bari, the city closet to us, and we visited St. Nicholas’s church. Magnificent. Although old saint Nic wasn’t in his usual get up.

Matlida and her parents also had us all in their home for a wonderful home cooked traditional Neapolitan meal (Her mother is from Naples).

Amongst other things here we have also been round the old historic town centre, visited an art gallery which, been on the dodgems and Juliet and I went on those trampolene things that have bungies attached?! We could see the whole of Molfetta from up there.

Juliet continues to enjoy too much of the occasional Grappe! I can’t stop eating a dessert with every meal, and Mercutio has been dying on stage every day.

Last performance in Molfetta tonight.

“eyes look your last”

7/2/10

Yesterday the prof. (one of the nicest women you’ve ever met) collected us in her own car and took us and some of her students for a tour of the country outside of Piacenza. We visited the ancient town of Bobbio with it’s cathedral (Duomo) built in the 14th Century. Then we took in the mountains which, with the snow, felt like the Alps.

It’ll be sad to say goodbye to Piacenza, especially with the friends we’ve made (Latizia, Julia, The Prof, Vico, Nico, Pedro, and all the students we met.) However We’re getting to see them again in Milano in a few weeks time.

In Milan airport now. Waiting for a fight to the south. Ali our tech has just won £50 on a puggy. Drinks on him...