Lecce

We left Matera this morning, hopped back on the Magic School Bus, and headed for Lecce (pronounced Leh-chay). We stayed here for 3 nights, and during the days we would travel to various other cities. Lecce was our biggest city to visit so far, complete with a McDonalds.

Kendrae, Maiko and I shared this triple at the bed and breakfast. Oddly enough they didn't serve breakfast here, you had to go down the street to a bar for cappucinos and croissants in the morning.

Brandi, Diana, Susan, Jessie, and Danielle shared a 5 person room upstairs. As soon as you walked in the front doot, this is what you were confronted with. A shower the size of a large walk in closet with no curtain. You can see the front door open on the left. Privacy? No chance.

The 5 bed suite for the guys on the other hand, was amazing, complete with kitchen and rooftop terrace.

McDonald's Euro menu, somewhat equivalent to our dollar menu, but costs us 1.573 times more. Thank you dollar for your horrible exchange rate.

Lecce gelato stop!

Church in the main piazza in Lecce

The church ceiling, flat unlike most of the churches we have seen thus far, most have been with arches or groin valuts.

The main piazza in Lecce is make-out central. Nick and Tilder form a heart around a couple going at it on the other side.

Reflection of the piazza is Trevor's Pradas

Rococo, I think so.

It is interesting how columns right next to each other can deteriorate at different rates. Or was this on purpose?

Central Park, Lecce style.

Every city in Italy has a symbol or shield, this is Lecce's

On my derive around the city, I came upon this dog in the street with a mangled foot.

The gelato here is beautiful :)

Cats roam the streets. By the colossem, people put food out for them in this corner.

The main colosseum, at least the excavated part.

Lock your love on a lampost. A tradition that spawned from an Italian book (made into a movie) called "3 miles above the sky," or something like that.

The small ampitheater

The obelisk in Lecce by night, adorned by a giant pope.

And for your viewing pleasure:

Piazzas are places for lovers by night, and crazy dancing architecture students by day. Today we present West Side Story. Later that day, our huge group started walking towards another huge group or tourists, so we started snapping at them West Side style. It was great.