Geoff Brock & Bruce Gamble
         
     

 

We fly back home
from Bari

Friday 2nd October 2026

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

After breakfast, we checked out and waited a short while for our taxi to arrive. Something which puzzled us was that we had booked our stay at the Palazzo Filisio Hotel, yet all the indications at the reception desk and on the receipt for our room tax referred to the Palazzo Fiore Hotel. Subsequent research revealed that the two are different hotels and that this is indeed the hotel we booked. Perhaps we'll never know the answer.

 
After a pleasant taxi ride to Bari Airport, we faced the now familiar long queues waiting for the check in desks to open. Forty five minutes later we finally got to check in, after which things went more smoothly and we were soon at the departure gate in time to see our plane arriving from Gatwick.
 
 
Once again, we got some excellent views on the flight back. This is the port of Vieste, a coastal town in Gargano National Park in southeast Italy.
 
A better view of Vieste.
 
 
 
Somewhere over northern Italy.
 
 
Lake Garda.
 
Troyes, a town in the Grand Est region of northeastern France.
 
Flying over Normandy, Le Tréport is in the foreground and the Penly Nuclear Power Plant is further along the coast. Just beyond, out of view, is the port of Dieppe.
 
Crossing the English coast near Eastbourne.
 
Pevensey Bay in the foreground, Sovereign Harbour and Eastbourne beyond.
 
Weir Wood Reservoir - East Grinstead beyond.
 
Ashdown Forest and Ashdown Park.
 
We landed on time at Gatwick and before long we were home. Our short break had turned out to be an interesting one, very relaxing and with some excellent food. We hope to return there one day and perhaps explore a bit more of Puglia.
 
 
 
©Geoff Brock and Bruce Gamble