Nardo' at night

…with a dreamy baroque historic center where old men bike around aimlessly and gather on benches with friends you imagine they grew up with on that same block, was once a rival to Lecce, it’s larger neighbor to the north, is the general area of Puglia (or Salento, as locals would hastily/testily correct you, referring to the lower part of Puglia) where I have contentedly  been for a couple days and have decided to remain for a few more – but having only experienced the historic center in blazing summer sun I was shocked to turn the corner into the central piazza as the sun was setting tonight to see everything lit up like a crazy Hollywood fairytale land.