Underground Adventure

We spent the day on the picturesque island of Cephalonia, Greece today. This site is definitely worth further exploration.

 
The highlight of our day was a visit to Melissani Lake, an underground lake, where we went for a ride in a rowboat.

17 steps and a 65 metre tunnel delivered us to the lake

Boats heading towards cave entrance

From the cave looking out into the lake

Rock formations

Boats dwarfed inside the cave

Skylight

Two satisfied passengers

The captain

The landing stage and exit

Cone Houses

Today's excursion took us from the port of Bari in Italy to see the unique Trulli or Cone houses in the villagof Alberobello, . https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/787/

It was definitely worth the long coach ride to view these unique constructions which are on the World Heritage List. 

A sea of trullli roofs in Aberobello

Inside one of the houses

Sleeping loft

A lone cone house in a rural situation

Wherefore art thou Romeo?

 The final stop on our Back-Roads tour was Verona. I was thrilled to visit this site as the last time we attempted to visit we could not find a parking spot. Juliet's Balcony has now been ticked off the bucket list.

Later today we board our cruise.

Early morning arrival

The amphitheatre is still in use today

Whose house?

We crossed Juliet's balcony off the bucket List

Juliet

Dante

A Grand Tomb

Street Art

Pedal Power

Pampered Pooch

Street Shrine

Goodbye Verona

The Most beautiful lake?

Since we left Lake Maggiore we have travelled through sub-alpine regions in Northern Italy to Trento. One of our walks today was on the shores of Lake Molveno which is billed as the most beautiful lake in Italy.  

It was rather pretty and we enjoyed the absence of crowds.