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Apr 13, 2016
1 min

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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cipsen

Apr 12, 2016
2 min

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, 2016
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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, 2016
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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, 2016
2 min

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, 2016
3 min

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, 2016
2 min

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, 2016
2 min

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, 2016
2 min

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, 2016
2 min

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, 2016
2 min

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, 2016
2 min

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, 2016
1 min

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, 2016
2 min

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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