3 Random Photos

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Sketches of Roccascalegna, Abruzzo

“It will be closed.”

“It only opens on weekends.”

“We won’t get in.”

“Let’s go anyway.”

So off we went. Five of us, the magic number, heading for Roccascalegna (CH). We had a packed picnic basket full of goodies, minus the lashings of ginger beer.

It was one of those bright days with plenty of [...]

Impressions of Pescara

The first time I saw Pescara I took the not very long bus trip from Francavilla al Mare and wandered around the city on foot.

It was a Sunday, the sun was shining, the sky was blue and the beach looked beautiful.

Pescara seemed quiet, almost empty, lacking in activity and the buzz that goes [...]

In pursuit of Vestina, the ancient land of the Vestini of Abruzzo

It started with a chance meeting and later it became a tiny obsession, a little itch that needed to be scratched.

The meeting was with Gaetano of Vestina News and the obsession was the word Vestina.

I first met Gaetano during the summer as I tried to find the best vantage point to take photographs [...]