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Ciao, Grecia Salentina

August 28, 2009 By Laura

Ciao, Grecia Salentina

Today I returned to Brindisi after a week in Grecia Salentina, which is the Greek-influenced part of Puglia, just south of Lecce. It was an amazing week, not only to dip in to their music, myth, and history for an article (upcoming in Afar, www.afar.com), but to become acquainted … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Italy, Uncategorized Tagged With: Grecia Salentino, Le Pezzate

Night of the Tarantula in Puglia

August 23, 2009 By Laura

PUGLIA—Scorrano I am in Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot, a hot, arid place with crumbling stone walls, olive trees, cactus, and Baroque limestone buildings. The people in Puglia are friendly, open, and don’t have the sense of furbezza—distrust, wheeler-dealer scamming--that is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Favorite hotels, Italy, Uncategorized Tagged With: Italy, Notte della Taranta, Puglia, Salento

Carry-on for two months in Europe!

August 18, 2009 By Laura

Welcome to my new blog! I'll be sending dispatches from my two-month trip to Puglia and Sicily in Italy, and then on board a Lindblad National Geographic Explorer ship from St. Petersburg, through the Baltics, then around the coast of Europe to Lisbon. I'm at the airport, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Italy Tagged With: AROHO, Crocs, Lindblad/National Geographic Expedition, Packing tips, Patagonia

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