On September 5th, 2011, NIGHTLIFE IN OSTUNI…
…which seems to be a very tranquil town during the day, surprised me last night when the very designy chic bars and lounges spilled out on the the…
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On September 4th, 2011, TRULLI THEN OSTUNI…
…was the order of the day, as I finally departed Lecce, continuing my Puglian journeys gradually making my way west then north on the slow side roads through…
On September 2nd, 2011, PUGLIA’S TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL BUILDING TYPES…
…are what have drawn me to this place more than anything, such as the dry-stone conical domes of the trulli, modest shelters or residences found mostly in the…
On September 1st, 2011, A MASSERIA (WITH FRANTOIO IPOGEO)…
…is something I have had an intense architectural crush on since first reading about them last year (a fortified farmhouse unique to Puglia, often with a series of…
On August 31st, 2011, GALLIPOLI FISHERMEN AT SUNSET…
…this evening were just pulling back into the docks where crowds of locals were waiting to receive them…and why I wondered, was it their families? was it a…
On August 30th, 2011, A TOWER FOR PIGEONS…
…at the masseria I visited late this afternoon near Nardo’ must be the coolest thing I have seen on my Puglia adventures so far – an Animal Estate…
On August 29th, 2011, NARDO’…
…with a dreamy baroque historic center where old men bike around aimlessly and gather on benches with friends you imagine they grew up with on that same block,…
On August 28th, 2011, B&B AT PORTO SELVAGGIO…
…the beautiful beach cove, I had read about and dreamt about while researching Puglia last winter, which is isolated in a nature preserve just north of Galipoli and…
On August 27th, 2011, THE SALENTO WATERMELON HARVEST…
…never happened this year since it would cost the farmers more to harvest them than they could then sell them for – leading to some sad but beautiful…
On June 16th, 2011, STALKING PUGLIA…
…is what I have been up to (as any Italian friend who I have bored with endless Puglia talk and questions over the past six months knows well),…