Day 4 Alberbello and Beach

Thursday morning we drove to the town of Alberobello which means "beautiful tree". It is a small town that has 10735 inhabitants and is famous for its unique trullo buildings. The trulli (plural of trullo) of Alberobello have been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1996. A guide gave us lots of information about the trulli houses. They are quite valuable now. It costs about 12,000 euros just to replace a stone roof. The walls are so thick because there is an inner and outer wall and a space between these walls that allows for rain water to collect in a cistern below the house. I found the town to be quite lovely. The students liked it because they had free rime for shopping and exploring on their own.

On the way to and from Alberobello we saw lots of olive groves. After lunch at our hotel the students had some free time. Our final formal activity of the day was a presentation by a marine biologist by the patio of our hotel. A common theme was how global warming is effecting the sea life in the area.

That night the hotel had a disco for our students and for a larger group of students from an Italian school that was also staying at the same hotel. I took the first shift so I could go to bed before midnight.  Fortunately my room was at the end of a hallway on the opposite side for the hotel from the disco. - Nancy