Mina was a thoughtful and generous host for our two weeks in her lovely apartment. She helped us find parking and English-language newspapers in the neighborhood, suggested a number of good restaurants within a short walk, and even picked us up at the train station. Brindisi turned out to be an interesting place for our base to explore Puglia. The only negative was the weather in March: we had some rain every day. But I understand that followed two months with none at all.