Briefly, here is a gallery of shots from a trek I took Monday starting and ending in Castro, described by some as a little Taormina....

Sunday I enjoyed another example of the sort of grassroots organization that seems to characterize a new generation of salentini. I...

The next important question – perhaps the most important of all – about the xylella “crisis” regards the nature of the response. Is the...

I’ve come across an excellent guide to visiting the Salento titled Trekking nel Salento. It includes 21 three to four hour hikes that...

Earlier this week I met with Paolo Nutricato, a native of Supersano (a town right in the middle of the lower Salento), who with his...

I realize this is dangerous territory (and Albert is sure to disagree with some of this), but blogging/writing serves in part to sort out...

[I] risk losing the thread. One question asked by local commentators and shareholders about the xylella “crisis” (see Xylella I post) was...

So Sunday I guess can be a day for straight tourism, though as I have learned these past couple of years, tourism too can be an object of...

This morning I attended another agro meeting: 30-40 local farmers (almost all young) interested in composting and vermiculture. One of...

I walked today from the Masseria to Ugento and back including a beautiful stretch along the via delle monacelle. Here is some of what I...

Yesterday I attended a three-hour meeting of concerned organic olive growers from the Salento. They have been fighting, with some...

The Salento has apparently become a hot tourist attraction in the past decade or so. No wonder given the beauty of the countryside and...

Easter Sunday. Having arrived in the rain yesterday evening, this morning instead I enjoyed a sunny walk on the beach accompanied by a...

I am on the train in Puglia, heading toward Lecce and from there south to the Masseria Gianferrante near Ugento. I was last there in, I...