Italy

Matera, Italy by Liesl Pfeffer

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Matera, Italy
June 2019

After Bari we got the train to Matera, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. (Am I remembering correctly 7,000 years?) There are homes built into the rocks, the town itself is in a valley. It’s achingly beautiful.

Bari, Italy by Liesl Pfeffer

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Bari, Italy
June 2019

We booked a June trip to southern Italy sometime in the late winter when we needed something to which we could look forward. It was only four or five days long but it was everything my pale, sad self needed. Gelati, pasta, focaccia, italians, drawing, beer, wine, sitting in the sun, looking at maps,