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21/09/2022

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siciliani#:~:text=I%20siciliani%20 The Sicilians are the main ethnic group of the island of Sicily, the largest and most populous in the Mediterranean Sea. If you are any dubt about the other ethnic sicilian group, see the our old post.😉

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08/09/2022

Caccamo | Drone Footage #sicilia #sicily #italia #italy #drone #fpv #borgo #castello #lago 09/06/2022

Caccamo | Drone Footage #sicilia #sicily #italia #italy #drone #fpv #borgo #castello #lago

Caccamo's Castle (Palermo) https://youtu.be/B56S6-MdoBI
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Caccamo | Drone Footage #sicilia #sicily #italia #italy #drone #fpv #borgo #castello #lago Caccamo è un paese che fa parte dell'Unione dei Comuni della Bassa Valle del fiume Torto.Il centro abitato del Comune di Caccamo è collocato a circa 521 metr...

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Italy also has its desert. And you've already seen it in the movies
Arid and evocative, the Italian desert is lost on the horizon among the thousand shades of ocher. Welcome to the gullies of Cannizzola in Sicily.

There is a place of great charm and suggestion where the scarce presence of plant specimens that are weakly revealed seems a mirage. Here there are no flowered meadows or shrubs that soar towards the sky but furrows in the ground that stretch, multiply and branch out.But we are not in a desert to be reached by very long flights because we are in Italy, and more precisely among the Erei mountains and Etna, in the Simeto valley. It is here that we find the Cannizzola gullies, also known as the Centuripe desert.

The photographs that portray him probably precede the fame of their own name because the Italian desert, over the years, has been the absolute protagonist of the big and small screen.

Sicily: the Calanchi desert
The area of ​​the Cannizzola gullies opens up before the eyes of visitors, offering an arid and suggestive landscape that is lost on the horizon among the thousand shades of ocher yellow. The territorial conformation and the desert aspect that characterizes this place gives the feeling of being elsewhere, in the great deserts on the other side of the world.

It is therefore not surprising that parallelism with the characteristic western film settings, much less that the Sicilian badlands desert has been transformed into a natural set for several films that have been shot here over the years.

It is therefore not surprising that parallelism with the characteristic western film settings, much less that the Sicilian badlands desert has been transformed into a natural set for several films that have been shot here over the years.

As early as 1964, in fact, this territory was the backdrop to the famous movie The Bible by John Huston with other sites located on the slopes of the gentle giant. To make things more impressive he thought the presence of camels from Africa who have turned this area into a landscape of magical references and far.

More recently, the Sicilian gullies, have been the scene of Audi Short Film - Ski the World along with other places in the world. In October 2021, however, the area was transformed into Fortress feature set design by Jessica Woodworth inspired by The Desert of the Tartars of Dino Buzzati.

What to do in the desert badlands
The desert badlands can be traveled on the road through the scenic road Avalanche, better known as Provincial 84. This is the path to follow to find out the whole southern part of the area.

Once there you can enjoy the arid and fascinating territory that opens before the eyes of the beholder, but it's not all because within the territory has also installed one of the Big Bench of Chris Bangle, the giant bench that allows citizens around the world to admire the most beautiful views ever.

Inaugurated in April 2022, and located in an area of the Capizzi family of Biancavilla, the large pier has been installed on a roof terrace that allows you to admire the natural wonder that uniquely characterizes this territory.

The Big Bench of the badlands desert is the 202 ° of the world and follows the dictates, stylistic features and size choices by Chris Bangle, the project creator of the great giants sessions that make accessible the most amazing sights in the world we inhabit. Among these was the badlands of Cannizzola.

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Palermo - The most Energetic and Vibrant city in Sicily, Italy! 07/05/2022

Palermo - The most Energetic and Vibrant city in Sicily, Italy!

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You welcome in the most vibrant city of South Italy!

Palermo - The most Energetic and Vibrant city in Sicily, Italy! Palermo, Sicily - If we had to describe this city in one word, it would be VIBRANT! It's no mystery why it is known as Italy’s capital of culture. The Sicili...

05/03/2022

A tipical British day!

Photos from The Wandering Phoenix's post 05/03/2022

The famous German philosopher Karl Marx, considered the father of socialist and communist ideology, in his writings dedicated an article to Sicily and the Sicilians, focusing on the historical-cultural aspects that contributed to making it what it is, or at least what it was until 1860, the year of publication of these words.

Here is what he wrote.

Karl Marx on Sicily and the Sicilians:

“In all the history of the human race no land and no people have suffered as terribly from foreign slavery, conquest and oppression, and no one has fought as indomitable for their emancipation as Sicily and the Sicilians.

Almost from the time when Polyphemus walked around Etna, or when Ceres taught the Sicilians how to cultivate wheat, up to the present day, Sicily has been the scene of invasions and continuous wars, and of intrepid resistance. Sicilians are a mixture of almost all the southern and northern races; before the Aboriginal Sicans with Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Greeks, and slaves from all over the world, imported to the island through trade or wars; and then of Arabs, Normans, and Italians.

The Sicilians, during all these transformations and modifications, have fought, and continue to fight, for their freedom.

More than thirty centuries ago, the aborigines of Sicily resisted as best they could the predominance of armaments and the military art of the Carthaginian and Greek invaders. They were made tributaries, but they were never completely subdued by either one or the other. For a long time Sicily was the battlefield of the Greeks and Carthaginians; its people were reduced to ruin and partly enslaved; its cities, inhabited by Carthaginians and Greeks, were the centers from which oppression and slavery spread within the island. These first Sicilians, however, never lost the opportunity to fight for freedom, or at least to take revenge as much as they could on their Carthaginian masters and Syracuse.

The Romans finally subdued the Carthaginians and Syracusans, selling as many as possible as slaves. In this way, 30,000 inhabitants of Panormo, modern Palermo, were sold all at once. The Romans worked the Sicilian land by countless teams of slaves, in order to feed the poor proletarians of the Eternal City with Sicilian wheat. In view of this, they not only enslaved the inhabitants of the island, but also imported slaves from all their other domains. The terrible cruelties of the Roman proconsuls, praetors, prefects are known to anyone with a certain degree of familiarity with the history of Rome, or with Cicero's oratory. Nowhere else, perhaps, did Roman cruelty reach such or**es. Poor citizens and smallholders, if they were unable to pay the overwhelming tribute required of them, were mercilessly sold as slaves, themselves or their children, by the tax collectors.

But both under Dionysius of Syracuse and under Roman rule, the most terrible slave uprisings occurred in Sicily, in which the indigenous population and imported slaves often made common cause. During the dissolution of the Roman Empire, Sicily was attacked by various invaders. Then the Moors took possession of it for a certain period; but the Sicilians, especially the original populations of the interior, always resisted, with more or less success, and step by step they maintained or conquered various small privileges.

From the Middle Ages to 1860



When the first lights had just begun to spread over the medieval darkness, the Sicilians had already obtained by arms not only various municipal freedoms, but also the rudiments of a constitutional government, such as then did not exist anywhere else.

Before any other European nation, the Sicilians established the income of their governments and their sovereigns by vote. Thus the Sicilian soil has always proved lethal for the oppressors and invaders, and the Sicilian Vespers remained immortalized in history.

When the house of Aragon reduced the Sicilians to the dependence of Spain, they knew how to keep their political privileges more or less intact; and they did the same thing under the Habsburgs and the Bourbons. When the French Revolution and Napoleon expelled the tyrannical ruling family from Naples, the Sicilians - incited and seduced by the English promises and guarantees - welcomed the fugitives, and supported them in the fight against Napoleon with blood and money. Everyone knows about the subsequent betrayal of the Bourbons, and the subterfuges or impudent denials with which England has tried and continues to try to hide the fact of having treacherously abandoned the Sicilians and their freedoms to the tender graces of the Bourbons.

Currently, political, administrative and fiscal oppression crushes all classes of the population; and these injustices are there for all to see. But almost all of the land is still in the hands of a relatively small number of landowners or barons. In Sicily the medieval rights of land possession are still maintained, except that those who cultivate are no longer a serf; it has not been so since about the eleventh century, when he became a free tenant. The conditions of the rent are, however, generally so oppressive, that the vast majority of farmers work exclusively for the benefit of the tax collector and the baron, barely producing anything more than taxes and rent, and remaining themselves or desperately, or at least relatively, poor. While producing the famous Sicilian wheat and excellent fruits, they live miserably on beans all year round.

Now Sicily is bloodied again, and England is the detached spectator of these new or**es of the infamous Bourbon, and of his no less infamous favorites, secular or clerical, Jesuits or men of arms. The noisy declaimers of the British parliament fill the air with empty talk about Savoy and the dangers of Switzerland, but have not a word to say about the massacres of Sicilian cities. Not a cry of indignation is raised throughout Europe. No head of government and no parliament calls for a ban on that bloodthirsty idiot from Naples (Francesco II delle Due Sicilie, editor's note).

Only Louis Napoleon, for this or that purpose - of course not for the sake of freedom, but to strengthen his family or French influence - can perhaps stop the butcher in his destructive work. England will cry out to perfidy, will spit fire and flames against Napoleonic betrayal and ambition, but the Neapolitans and Sicilians will ultimately be the winners, even under a Murat or any new ruler. Any change will only be towards the better. "

While these words of Marx were being published, Giuseppe Garibaldi was already preparing his Expedition of the Thousand, which began with the landing in Marsala on May 11, 1860. From there the story continued as we know it.

Source: Marx-Engels, Complete Works, Editori Riuniti, vol. XVII, pp. 375-377.

(Article and pictures source: https://www.palermoviva.it/cosi-marx-parlo-della-sicilia/)
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Isola delle Femmine, also known as Isola di Fuori, administratively belongs to the municipality of the same name and is privately owned. Its name derives from Fimi, in turn deriving from Eufemio, the Byzantine governor of Messina. This name could also derive from the Latin "Fimis" and the Arabic word "fim", that is the mouth, the narrow channel that separates the island from the coast. The tower, built at the highest point of the island (35 m above sea level), is also known as the Outside Tower (as opposed to the one on the mainland called the Inside Tower). It dates back to the sixteenth century and was part of the defensive system of the coastal towers of Sicily against attacks by Barbary pirates. The reserve, established in 1997 by the Sicilian Region, has been entrusted to LIPU since 1998. Article source by Sergio Grimaldi picture source: web

Photos from The Wandering Phoenix's post 17/06/2021

Palermo Cathedral after William II, Kingdom of Sicily from the Normans XII century to the Baroque XVIII century with additions of neo-Gothic elements such as the bell tower with English-inspired spiers, always to remain in Anglo-Norman or Sicilian-Norman theme in fact Gualtiero the one who wanted the refoundation he was English. King William in order not to disfigure before Gualtiero went to found the archdiocese of Monreale both political moves. (1 picture)

Balarm mosque with the emirate of Sicily started with hasan I 948 until the normans. (2 picture)
We can see a strong resemblance to the qayrawan mosque in Tunisia (3 picture) , the minaret of the Maghrebi-Berber type, in fact most of the Muslims who arrived from North Africa were Berber.

Always beautiful Palermo in every age. Capital of Sicily from 831 to 1816.

Article by: Sicily World

Pictures source:
Sicily World
http://tunisia.ilreporter.com/grande-moschea-di-kairouan-meraviglia-tunisina/#3041

Photos from The Wandering Phoenix's post 16/06/2021

Heaven in earth!

San Vito Lo Capo is a popular tourist seaside with a beautiful beach. Its territory includes part of the Riserva dello Zingaro. The village has developed around the current Sanctuary, an ancient fortress born from a fourteenth-century chapel dedicated to San Vito. According to tradition, the young Vito to escape the persecution of Diocletian (303-304), his father Ila and the prefect Valeriano, together with his teacher Modesto and the nurse Crescenzia, escaped by sea from Mazara landed on the coast of Capo Egitarso. Here he began to preach in the seaside village of Conturrana. Happy name day to those who bear this beautiful name, so linked to vitality and life.

Article by:Rinascita Siciliana Facebook group
Picture by:Rinascita Siciliana Facebook Group.

Photos from The Wandering Phoenix's post 12/06/2021

The ancient Romans called it Ustica (from ustum = burned) while the Greeks, Osteodes, Οστεωδες or ossuary, for the remains of mercenaries who would have died of hunger and thirst. Some consider it to be the home of the sorceress Circe, who transformed unwary visitors into pigs. Human settlements date back to the Paleolithic; some archaeological excavations have brought to light the remains of an ancient Christian village. Burials, tunnels and a large amount of archaeological finds also found underwater, due to the many shipwrecks that occurred over time, testify to a constant presence, in the place, of various ancient Mediterranean peoples, Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians and Romans who left traces there everywhere. Later it became the base of the Saracen pirates and remained so for a very long time. In 1759 Ferdinand III of Sicily imposed a colonization of the island; Two watchtowers were built, cisterns to collect rainwater and houses that made up the main inhabited center near Cala Santa Maria: settlers from Palermo, Trapani and neighboring islands came there. Under the Bourbons, the island was also a place of confinement for political prisoners and remained so also under the House of Savoy. At the time of Fascism, Antonio Gramsci and Ferruccio Parri stayed there. In 1961 the confinement was abolished due to popular protests and tourism began to develop ever since Geologically the island is of volcanic origin: there are in fact some hills that represent the remains of ancient volcanoes (Punta Maggiore, 244 m; Guardia dei Turchi, 238 m) and divide the island into two sides.

«Ustica is the only volcano in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea comparable to a hot spot. The magmas of Ustica were in fact fed by a plume of magma that rose directly from the depths of the earth's mantle. This makes the island from the magmatological point of view very different from the nearby Aeolian Islands and much more similar to Etna or Hawaii. "(Franco Foresta Martin)

Photos from The Wandering Phoenix's post 11/06/2021

Off-road vehicle up and down the Iblei mountains in Sicily

The wildest and most unreachable Sicily, where time stopped decades ago. To be discovered along the ancient Regie trazzere, dating back to pastoral society, and the routes of old abandoned railways, aboard an off-road vehicle.

A simple car is not enough to enter the caves rich in history and the woods of the Iblei mountains: here, in the Ragusa area, the landscape becomes harsh and the excursions are not the simplest. But the effort is rewarded by a truly uncontaminated nature and by the satisfaction of having seen places unknown to the Sicilians themselves.

Article source:
https://viaggi.corriere.it/itinerari-e-luoghi/cards/undertourism-in-italia-mete-ed-esperienze-per-una-vacanza-senza-folla/?img=10

Picture source :
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.siciliamotori.it/2019/03/26/fuoristrada-corso-a-palermo/%3famp

https://www.landroverexperience.it/2021/04/02/land-rover-tour-sicilia/

Photos from The Wandering Phoenix's post 09/06/2021

The Sicilian Stonehenge

A little-known Sicily, that of Argimusco, a plateau (between 1,165 and 1,230 meters) in the Val Demona, in the province of Messina, where the harsh Peloritani mountains and the gentler Nebrodi merge.

Here towering megaliths shaped by the wind and rain, here the earth and the sky merge. And right here, millennia ago, the ancestors practiced astronomical observation and sacred rites related to the movements of the stars and the changing of the seasons. This is why Argimusco is considered the Sicilian Stonehenge.

Very impressive here is the spectacle of dawn, with the sun slowly illuminating these monoliths with incredible shapes. The most famous rocks are "the praying", the "monkey" and "the philosopher's egg". To be admired with an excursion lasting three hours, to have breakfast with typical biscuits while watching the sun rise between the megaliths.

Article source:https://viaggi.corriere.it/itinerari-e-luoghi/cards/undertourism-in-italia-mete-ed-esperienze-per-una-vacanza-senza-folla/?img=2

Picture source :
https://www.lettore.org/2019/12/09/argimusco/

https://meridionews.it/articolo/67875/argimusco-i-falsi-miti-sulla-stonehenge-siciliana-per-la-prima-volta-indagini-di-un-equipe-di-studiosi/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.siciliafan.it/argimusco-stonehenge-siciliana/amp/

08/06/2021

Sicily in the Aeneid.

It lies de la Sicania at the gulf ahead
an islet that in wavy Plemmirio
it is met, and by the ancients it is called
by name Ortigia.
It is fame on this island
that in streets under the sea the Greek Alfeo
it comes from Doride intact, infinity of Arcadia
by the mouth of Aretusa to mix
with the waves of Sicily. And here on the spot
we venerated the great gods; then we crossed
the opimi fields of the swampy Eloro.
We shaved the alpine stones of Pachino,
we discovered Camarina, and we heard the fate
that badly for her pierces her dry pond.
We passed the plain of Geloi,
of which Gela is the land and Gela the river.
The great mount Agragante is very far
we saw, and its towers and its beaches
who were already famous mothers of races.
With the same wind we left behind
the palmosa Seline; e ‘n on the tip
upon reaching Lilibeo, we soon turned
its blind dryers, and the port at last
of the badly seen Drepano we seized.

Virgil, Aeneid, book III.
Picture source : Tenute Poma website
Article source : Rinascita Siciliana Facebook group

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THE ACT OF BIRTH OF THE FESTINO
On June 7, 1625, Saturday - According to the meticulous descriptions of the chronicler of the time, Onofrio Paruta, on June 7, a Saturday during which all were invited to observe a strict fast, the relics of Santa Rosalia were transferred from the crimson velvet chest , where they had been placed in the previous months, in a silver and crystal case, still kept in the Cathedral today, and were carried in triumph from the archbishop's palace to the Cathedral. This was the birth certificate of the Festino. The party organized that year was grandiose and solemn and to make it unforgettable, the authorities used up the wealth left over from the fight against the plague. The lavish pomp was never the same again: the walls of the buildings that overlooked the streets touched by the passage of the urn were entirely covered with velvet, damask, brocade and silk embroidered with pearls, in a play of alternations with painted canvases which depicted scenes from the life of the saint, while the windows of the richest palaces were exposed silver shiny reflecting the flames of the candles for lighting. In the Cathedral each chapel was covered with drapery embroidered in gold and silver, each parature descended from the roof and a silver lamp hung from each arch. The Senate and the nobility spared no expense and the workers employed for the preparation of the decorations and the scenographic systems, which unfolded along the entire path of the procession, no effort was spared: as many triumphal arches were made as there were guilds, altars were set up and splendid fountains from which gushed not only water, but also wine, oil and milk; even the boats at sea were enriched with colored drapes.

02/06/2021

4 reasons why you should take a once in a lifetime walking trip

Photo by Mats Hagwall

If you have felt at least once the desire to escape from everything and everyone, if you have found yourself, perhaps in the workplace, dreaming of leaving and going far away, you have nothing to worry about.

It is perfectly normal to have these feelings when you live the most common kind of life in the West, this crazy and hectic existence that forces us to go fast, always and in any case. But just because it's normal doesn't mean it's right for us too.

As I explain in some chapters of my book, not everyone is made for this frenzy, much less for a model of life that is almost exclusively based on consumerism and materialism.

Many, like me and millions of other individuals in every corner of the planet, can find happiness only in a more conscious and slow existence, where time does not flow inexorably between responsibilities, stress and habits but is valued through what makes us happy. .

The beauty of slow living

Perhaps you too belong to this group of human beings in love with slow living, but perhaps you are not yet aware of it. Or you are aware of it, because you know very well that the coordinates of your happiness are far from the typical agitation of the routine of the big city and the most common jobs, but you don't know how to remedy this problem. 4 reasons why you should take a once in a lifetime walking trip

Photo by Mats Hagwall

If you have felt at least once the desire to escape from everything and everyone, if you have found yourself, perhaps in the workplace, dreaming of leaving and going far away, you have nothing to worry about.

It is perfectly normal to have these feelings when you live the most common kind of life in the West, this crazy and hectic existence that forces us to go fast, always and in any case. But just because it's normal doesn't mean it's right for us too.

As I explain in some chapters of my book, not everyone is made for this frenzy, much less for a model of life that is almost exclusively based on consumerism and materialism.

Many, like me and millions of other individuals in every corner of the planet, can find happiness only in a more conscious and slow existence, where time does not flow inexorably between responsibilities, stress and habits but is valued through what makes us happy. .

The beauty of slow living

Perhaps you too belong to this group of human beings in love with slow living, but perhaps you are not yet aware of it. Or you are aware of it, because you know very well that the coordinates of your happiness are far from the typical agitation of the routine of the big city and the most common jobs, but you don't know how to remedy this problem. I too, once, I wondered how it was possible to escape this hamster wheel that stimulates us to run, run and run without taking us anywhere. Then I started walking and a new world opened up for me.

Walking is in fact more than a physical activity and is much more than just moving from point A to point B. Walking is a therapy for your body and soul, it is meditation in movement, it is a balm for your tired mind and confused.

You should walk as much as possible in your daily life, but not only: have you ever tried to take a trip on foot? Whether it's a walk, a trekking route or just wandering the streets of an unknown city on foot, there are many excellent reasons why you should take a trip on foot at least once in your life.

4 reasons why you should travel on foot at least once in your life

1. It makes you savor every step

Most people's lives are marked by inflexible schedules. There is the time when the alarm clock pulls you out of bed, the time you have to work, the time you can enjoy your free time (which never seems enough), the time to eat , the time to carry out the errands ... everything is schematized according to the numbers that your watch shows. This rigid scheme leads us to live in a frenetic way and to make speed the purpose of our existence: we must be fast, because there is never time. We always have the feeling that we are in a hurry and late, even if we are not.

Traveling on foot is exactly the opposite of all this. There is nothing more distant from life in a big city than a journey on foot, because when you set out and start taking one step after another, you realize that sense of apprehension is just a bad illusion. that we ourselves create. You can also live slowly and it is much more relaxing than an existence based on uncompromising schedules. When you walk, whether it is on a famous path or on a piece of the world that you have decided to turn into your path, you learn to slow down and enjoy life. No apprehension, no anxiety, no rush: traveling on foot makes you immerse yourself in the beauty of a slow life. Feel you have more space, more time and more freedom.

2. It teaches you the beauty of living in the "here and now"

At first, when you walk, your mind wanders from one thought to another. You think about events from your past and your future, you go through all your worries, your commitments and responsibilities come back to you, you think about what you would like to do. But then, if you keep walking, your mind gets tired and the flow of thoughts stops. The crazed monkey in your head goes to sleep and suddenly you don't think about anything. You just walk and observe, hear and feel the world around you. This is why traveling on foot is a therapy: it teaches you to live in the "here and now", that state of mind in which there is no past or future but only the present. A practice that you can then repeat also in your daily life, with great positive effects on your emotional well-being.

3. It shows you the authenticity of a place

As in life, even when traveling you can choose between frenzy and slowness. The frenzy allows you to see a lot in a short time, but the slowness of it offers the extraordinary possibility of living intensely every single place you visit. The next time you get the urge to leave, consider taking a slow trip. Not necessarily a real journey like that of Santiago, which occupies you for a long time: you can travel slowly even in a single weekend. It's a choice: instead of visiting dozens of places, you only visit a few, but you do it with maximum concentration. As I write in my book, one of the books that helped me the most while chasing unlikely dreams was John Fante's “Ask the Dust”. Well, Fante also taught me the beauty of living slowly: he himself, when he was a young aspiring writer and didn't have a penny in his pocket, explored Los Angeles on foot. Thus he discovered magical places unknown to most, corners of the world that he felt "his of him" of him. I also have places that I consider "mine" and I discovered them all by traveling slowly, walking without a precise destination. Thus you discover the authenticity of a place.

4. It allows you to have special encounters

When you travel between planes, buses and taxis, everything flows very quickly in front of you. You don't have time to stop, because you have to immediately move to the new destination. In this way you not only miss so much beauty but you also miss special and important encounters: meeting people takes time, it is not something you can do while you are running into an airport to check in your luggage. Try walking instead, whether on the road or in your city: you will realize how much easier it is to meet special people. People with whom to chat or share a piece of road or a hot meal, people who will help you and who you will help. Virtually everyone who traveled the Camino de Santiago with whom I spoke told me that one of the most pleasant aspects of that slow journey was meeting other travelers. Traveling on foot forces you to slow down and in this way makes interaction with other human beings much easier. Who knows that among them there is not a future true friend, a partner or the companion of the next trip. People are the added value of every trip.

Pictured and article from Gianluca Gotto blog:
https://www.mangiaviviviaggia.com/inizia-da-qui//

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