Next goal: San Cataldo – Torre dell’Orso. We were walking along the seaside and started to stop cars. There were not many and most of them went to the direction of Lecce. But then two women stopped to take us to the main road. The next driver stopped a few minutes later and when we opened the door, we heard Enrique Iglesias – El corazon. This has been a huge hit lately, so the first 3 minutes we were just singing. After the song we learned that the driver had been working in the psychiatric hospital for 30 years. And that he was not going to Torre dell’Orso :D After around 7 km he left us on the road to our destination. We started walking.. only 2 motorbikes and 2 or 3 cars passed. After walking for some time we decided to sit down in front of a garden of olive trees. Tairi was playing harmonica and the feeling was like we were the only people on that road. They were on their way home in Acaja (very near to Lecce). But they took us on the car and drove us to Torre dell’Orso (totally different direction from their house). On the way they explained how dangerous that road is for crazy motorbike drivers. They told us about the places and sights on the coastal area. We passed San Foca (a harbour) & Roca Vecchia - a place where we want to go swimming when it gets warmer, so probably in March. In the middle of the cliffs there is a hole, which is like a swimming pool, it looks amazing on the photos, so we can’t wait to see it in real life. So after 3 cars and one hour we arrived in Torre dell’Orso. Bellissimo! There were not much people but we were dancing on the sand, running along the seaside while trying to avoid getting our feet wet. We finished the wine, ate oranges for lunch and we were just chilling and enjoying the beautiful view. When it got darker we decided to go to our last stop in Melendugno. We were walking to find the right road and with the help of Carabinieri (a type of Italian police) we found the right way. One car stopped, they were with a baby so there was not enough room for us at first. BUT after 4 meters they stopped again and picked us up. They were a very cute family and spoke very good English. In Melandugno we visited Ruta (Lithuanian volunteer). She was very surprised seeing us in her doorstep. We were very hungry, so she cooked for us(!) pasta with pesto. After the dinner we started our trip back to Lecce. First driver who picked us up wasn’t on the way to Lecce, but he was kind enough to take us 1 km further to a better place for hitchhiking. 10 seconds after getting off the car, another car stopped that took us to Lecce. The driver was a very interesting woman. We were comparing the lives in different parts of the world, talking about food, politics. She was especially interested in what we were thinking about Putin. The 20 minute drive went very fast with her. She really loved to talk. Oh, we were speaking in Italian only, so sometimes we got lost and were just hoping “please don’t be a question” so we could just say something like: “sii, ahah, certo”. But our Italian is improving day by day, so 80 percent of the conversation was clear. All in all, our trip Lecce-San Cataldo-Torre dell'Orso-Melandugno-Lecce took 7 hours, 7 cars & 7 drivers with many interesting stories, 2 chicken legs (not eaten), 3 oranges, 1 banana, one pasta (all eaten) and loads of laughter and happiness.
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