Brindisi – Tarsia

32nd day

The perfect journey, we have arrived at port with Swiss punctuality, we slept wonderfully. At first, when we changed our ticket, they told us there were no cabins available, we accepted it 🤷‍♀️ but in the end, last night we were assigned a huge quadruple cabin at the bow of the ship with endless views that we discovered this morning because when we arrived last night it was already dark 😍.

The disembarkation was a bit heavy because being on the top deck, those who were lower down disembarked first.
Scheduled stop in Tarsia, a village in the Esaro valley near the Crati river that has two free parking lots for motorhomes with free electricity in its main square. A concept that is not easy to find on the road 💚.
There wasn't much to see. The Church of San Pedro and San Pablo has a large bell tower with bells cast in 1577 and 1768 that, like in all the villages in this part of Europe, chime the hours with that wonderful ringing that T and I have always found charming in all the villages we have visited.

Next to the parking lot is a Marian monument dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes, as well as The Monument to the Persecuted of All Peoples and Religions, small but very significant considering what is happening in the world today.

A little nap before taking a walk around the village to get our bearings. From the height of the village, we enjoyed views of Lake Tarsia, an artificial lake created from a dam built in 1959 on the Crati river to meet water needs during dry periods.

It's a pity that since it was Monday, the restaurants were closed; we had spotted one for dinner that was listed online as opening at 6:30 PM, but it didn't end up opening 😟. Luckily, a neighbor saw us waiting and the super nice lady told us she had called the owners and apparently they weren't going to open today due to an unforeseen event.
We were looking forward to enjoying some delicacies from the Calabria region, but in the end, it couldn't be 😔 so we decided to order a couple of pizzas from a shop/restaurant and eat them at home. Very good, by the way.
Good night… I’ll keep you posted 😘