Salento diary (Castro)
Briefly, here is a gallery of shots from a trek I took Monday starting and ending in Castro, described by some as a little Taormina....
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Apr 12, 20162 min read
Salento Diary (Salve)
Sunday I enjoyed another example of the sort of grassroots organization that seems to characterize a new generation of salentini. I...
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cipsen
Apr 10, 20162 min read
Salento Diary (Xylella III)
The next important question – perhaps the most important of all – about the xylella “crisis” regards the nature of the response. Is the...
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cipsen
Apr 9, 20161 min read
Salento Diary (trekking)
I’ve come across an excellent guide to visiting the Salento titled Trekking nel Salento. It includes 21 three to four hour hikes that...
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cipsen
Apr 8, 20162 min read
Salento Diary (Supersanum)
Earlier this week I met with Paolo Nutricato, a native of Supersano (a town right in the middle of the lower Salento), who with his...
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cipsen
Apr 7, 20163 min read
Olio I
I realize this is dangerous territory (and Albert is sure to disagree with some of this), but blogging/writing serves in part to sort out...
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cipsen
Apr 5, 20162 min read
Salento Diary (Xylella II)
[I] risk losing the thread. One question asked by local commentators and shareholders about the xylella “crisis” (see Xylella I post) was...
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cipsen
Apr 4, 20162 min read
Salento Diary (festivo)
So Sunday I guess can be a day for straight tourism, though as I have learned these past couple of years, tourism too can be an object of...
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cipsen
Apr 3, 20162 min read
Salento Diary
This morning I attended another agro meeting: 30-40 local farmers (almost all young) interested in composting and vermiculture. One of...
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cipsen
Apr 1, 20162 min read
Salento Diary (illustrated)
I walked today from the Masseria to Ugento and back including a beautiful stretch along the via delle monacelle. Here is some of what I...
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cipsen
Mar 31, 20162 min read
Salento Diary (Xylella I)
Yesterday I attended a three-hour meeting of concerned organic olive growers from the Salento. They have been fighting, with some...
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cipsen
Mar 30, 20162 min read
Salento Diary
The Salento has apparently become a hot tourist attraction in the past decade or so. No wonder given the beauty of the countryside and...
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cipsen
Mar 27, 20161 min read
Salento Diary
Easter Sunday. Having arrived in the rain yesterday evening, this morning instead I enjoyed a sunny walk on the beach accompanied by a...
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cipsen
Mar 26, 20162 min read
Salento Diary
I am on the train in Puglia, heading toward Lecce and from there south to the Masseria Gianferrante near Ugento. I was last there in, I...
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