Last week was Måns’ 38th birthday. We spent his birthday in Italy with presents and a great lunch in Lecce.
Yesterday was the celebration back home. We were lucky to have a beautiful day in Katarina’s garden. Måns made a wonderful chocolate cake with Oreo cheesecake filling.
We have just returned from a week in the Puglia region of Italy. It was very beautiful and quite different from the other Italian regions we have visited. Most of the buildings were white and we were close to the sea. We stayed on a large property about 15 minutes away from San Vito dei Normanni. The property used to belong to a shepherd before it was converted into small houses. We even saw someone herding sheep one day. They also had many olive trees and even a few lemon trees. There were donkeys to wake us up in the morning.
We mostly ate orecchiette (local pasta), burrata (heart attack inducing cheese), mozarella and tomatoes. Most of our meals were outdoors because the weather was so nice. The boys spent most of their time in the kids’ pool, eating caprese, searching for lizards, and playing on the swing.
One of the best parts of the trip was celebrating Måns’ birthday! We woke him up with presents and an ice cream cake (that lasted 5 minutes before melting). Then we spent the afternoon in Lecce and Otranto. A nice way to ring in a birthday!
