Alberobello Italy, a history of wood carving

As  I find myself returning Home to Italy for my 2012 adventure I reviewed all the interesting people I met on my trip last year:  the woman in a Venice bead shop who spoke little English but willingly spoke to me about learning to use a computer.

The vendor in one of the food markets in Florence who shared samples of cheese with me and was not angry that I could not buy any of his products since I would have surrendered it at immigration.

I found a business card from a man who did an extraordinary kindness for me during a downpour in Alberobello, Puglia.   During a torrential downpour when the street became a small river, he walked across the flooded street to give me his umbrella! 

I posted on You Tube the chat I videoed the next day when I returned the umbrella.

But I realized I had not posted this on Home to Italy.    He was such a delightful person he deserves to be recognized for his kindness and perhaps by my ‘paying it forward’. 

Now perhaps I can make him better known as a member of a wood carving family that have crafted olive wood into some wonderful works of art.

L’Arte dell’ Artigianto

In Alberobello, Italy.  This is a Unesco town in Puglia.   You feel as if you are in the village where the 7 dwarfs lived.   Amazing conical structures that are unique to Puglia, Italy

cover a large portion of the town.
They are private home, restaurants, shops and even the guest house I stayed in.

Far better than disney world and filled with very kind people.

A simple act of kindness that I shall not forget.   Would this happen while traveling in the USA?

Alberobello, Italy A world Heritage Site

Come visit for the fantasy, stay and enjoy the endless kindness of the people of Alberobello.

Yes I visited Alberobello to see the Trullia house I had heard so much about.  They are listed on the World Heritage list and although it is a life ambition to visit most of this list, I know it will not be possible.  But I shall visit as many sites in the countries I do visit in the next 10 years.
My Visit:
Being off season, I didn't expect many tourists and only found a few from the cruise ship, tour bus that stopped for a few hours.  The balance of the 1 day I could stay in Alberobello, the streets were amazingly quiet.   The staff at the "tourist shops"  were always outside, cheery and very welcoming.   They made you feel at home not as an inconvenience or as just part of their job,  as in so many other "tourist locations".
I chose to stay in one of the traditional homes for the "experience" but what I did NOT expect was how kind everyone was:  from the staff at the rental office and the stores to locals I met at the deli and other non tourist locations.