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Saturday, July 24, 2004

http://www.ostellionline.org/ostello.php?idostello=348 is the link for any bargain holidayers out there, or snowbirds looking to spend the winter in warmer climes.  Did I mention theres a golf course nearby?

The train down through Basilicata was a trip and a half.  It's a harsh part of Italy.  Lacking Tuscany's billowing curves, Basilicata is starched pleats and folds - but with fantastic river gorges and medieval towns balanced on seemingly inaccessible crags.   I watched golden eagles rising thermals as we crossed valleys of fruit trees and wheat.  Basilicata defies you to love it. 

On the other hand avoid Potenza.   It's a town known for its earthquakes, which may be why nobody really cares about the quality of architecture.  The women wear a particularly acrid deoderant and the men all have the same noses.

 


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