Breathing In 'Polignano A Mare'

Our, supposed 4.5 hr journey, turned into a 7+ hr journey. So apparently google maps is not always most reliable. Halfway through the journey the boys got restless and had to go to the bathroom and we needed to eat, so we pulled off into this little town and had no idea that we were stepping into paradise.

They shut down the main street through the town, because this town gets flooded with Italians on the weekend (we thought that it was a special holiday, but they assured us that this is how it is every weekend). Everyone was there just enjoying themselves, eating gelato and a special focaccia pizza. No one was in a hurry. Even late at night people would walk to different view points throughout the city overlooking the cliffs and Adriatic sea and just talk.

It was a beautiful reminder that there are some people in the world who don't hurry through every day.

If you look closely you can see that there is a restaurant carved out in the cliff.

 This gelato place in the background gave our boys free cones when they were having a fit. It worked like a charm. We went back there several times just to say thanks, and we had to try the pistachio and coconut and stracciatella.