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Gallery :: Worldwalk Color Images: Around the Adriatic Sea The Worldwalker
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After walking across all of Scicily, I sailed to Messina, on the
After walking across all of Scicily, I sailed to Messina, on the "toe" of the boot-shaped Italy and ventured into the rolling, fertile grass lands of Italy's "ankle."
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Those first few days were spent crossing a magical, windswept region that dazzled the senses with its sense of peacefulness and purity.
Those first few days were spent crossing a magical, windswept region that dazzled the senses with its sense of peacefulness and purity.
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Those I met were a people of the land and few in number.  They relished, as  I did, the sweetness of the air and the soft winds rustling the grasses.
Those I met were a people of the land and few in number. They relished, as I did, the sweetness of the air and the soft winds rustling the grasses.
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As in so many areas of Europe, there was no lack of picturesque old farms that stood strangely empty.
As in so many areas of Europe, there was no lack of picturesque old farms that stood strangely empty.
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Near the eastern side of Italy, the rolls of the land became higher and the grasses changed to olive groves.
Near the eastern side of Italy, the rolls of the land became higher and the grasses changed to olive groves.
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These olive grove farmers were getting their trees ready for the advancing spring weather.
These olive grove farmers were getting their trees ready for the advancing spring weather.
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The most incredible sight in all of Italy came early in my journey there.  This is the
The most incredible sight in all of Italy came early in my journey there. This is the "sassi," an abandoned ancient city near present-day Matera.
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I came upon the sassi in the middle of the week and had this completely abandoned city to myself. Such an unbelievable place to let loose one's imagination!
I came upon the sassi in the middle of the week and had this completely abandoned city to myself. Such an unbelievable place to let loose one's imagination!
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I had never heard of the sassi before I stumbled across it (and gave never heard of its since).  It is surely Italy's best-kept secret.
I had never heard of the sassi before I stumbled across it (and gave never heard of its since). It is surely Italy's best-kept secret.
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