Emily and I had to wait with him at the dealership for a while. I think the receptionista was getting a little tired of us. But you can't stick two girls in a room with expensive things for an extended period of time and not expect us to touch them. We got a great picture of Yoda on the hood of the red car in the top picture.
When Alberto was finished on base, we drove to the beach. I was so impressed by the fact that each one we went to was 30-45 minutes from Lecce, yet all three were completely different.
On the way, we stopped to take pictures of this breathtakingly lifelike statue of an ancient Grecian goddess...... ....oh wait, no that's just me....
This was such a cool spot. Take a second to really look at the next picture.
Alberto was hoping no one would be there so we could walk down to it, because apparently it's privately owned. Lucky bastards! It was so easy to imagine gorgeous, wealthy Romans in long flowing robes and those really cool gold headband things and spiraly arm bracelets walking down to bathe in their natural pool by the sea...
This is a close up of the rocks just down the rocky beach from us. There's a guy standing by himself on the rocks down by the sea on the left side of the picture (think I could get anymore prepositions in that sentence?). We weren't worried about him falling in because luckily....
...we had a Power Ranger with us!! Alberto drove Emily and I everywhere, and Max and Stefano always followed (or rather, raced ahead) on their motorcycles. If you're still wondering, that's his helmet resting on his head.
The third beach was really pretty and very rocky.
I have to admit it was difficult to find a flat enough spot to lay out on where there wasn't a rock jutting in some place it shouldn't be.
That night we had dinner at the same restaurant we ate lunch at our first day in Lecce. We had a really nice time with everyone and it was a fitting end to a great week. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures from dinner. Here's a few pictures of Lecce at night. I wasn't quite still enough so they're a little blurry, but it was a really nice evening.
The next morning, we took the 6:30am train to Rome.