Ladies and gents, this is a special moment in my trip. If you are following my adventures during this journey you already know that I started early May so this makes it my longest one by far. "By far" goes in time but mileage wise I am @ 8000km right now which equals my previous longest one so it is going to be the one during which I did the most kilometres too. But here at Pugliano is the last AirBnB I have to rent for this trip as it's the last place I stay before I take the ferry to Ancona back to Greece in a few days. So many months on the road and feels like yesterday...it's a feeling hard to describe but makes material for a later post.
Now I don't have time for such analysis cause among other commitments I think I must walk you around the village I stay. So, grab your comfy shoes and lets walk down this road:
As you can tell I stay at a mountainous (very) rural area, pretty close to Madonna di Pugliano:
And while I see quite a few cyclists going this downhill at lightning speed I am even more impressed by the ones who dare the uphill with the impatient local drivers right behind their ass:
I leave this tarmac road and all its potential scenes of accident and walk right among the fields:
You may go "hey, show us the village!" but guys trust me, it's even worse than the previous one (Quero @ Belluno). And also trust me on the fact that there's better views here around the fields, despite the neglected equipment some might have:
The following view is much better than looking at a handful of mediocre (at best) houses:
I follow this gravel road regretting the fact I am not on my hiking boots,
but in no way I regret the views this route offers:
Sometime later I reach one more green Arch of Triumph like I did in Quero Belluno:
Which leads me to one more nice view:
Don't exactly understand what is "not authorised" according to this sign but I don't think my following acts will break any written or unwritten law here anyway:
Not the best time to πλος this field under this penetrating sun but it's a must:
Which makes it look like this:
These boulders seem to have been recently put here so this might be a newly cultivated field:
Gotta walk some more:
Trees in their green dresses:
And fields in their graceful beauty:
Fancy some local breaking news?
Don't rush to judge this local artistic attempt cause the youngsters of this tiny village are too few to create any sort of competition here:
I hope their life doesn't make them feel like they have a cross like this to bare:
Interesting mailbox on the left, the right is all Italian to me:
This would be a cutie if it was finished:
I would call these tourist information signs but it's all in Italian so delete "tourist":
Here's a point of interest though:
So the thing is that at some point they cross checked that some medieval paintings of Piero della Francesca included real landscapes and not just imaginary ones as initially believed. More specifically, here this place gives you the chance to make a comparison of his work named "Resurrection":
You can see the matching points using these signs:
And of course you can also see for yourself the very same landscape itself:
Fascinating isn't it? It's so beautiful here, no surprise it inspired artists like the one above:
So...you find the latest 30km/h city limits frustratingly low? Well, pay a visit to this place:
Keep in mind that Italy still measures in km not miles...
One more of the local beauties:
By the time I have walked back to my place I am hungry like the wolf as you can imagine so it's time to cook. If I pick the following one I gotta get some translating assistance from our friend Google:
So I just go for some good old tortellini which I enhance with tuna and pesto. Yummy!
Thanks for walking with me fellows, the adventure is not over - see you on the next one!
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