Hunka Hunka Burnin' Fun January 17th 2007 I mentioned in my last post that we might head to a local festival that involved burning a bonfire. And so we did. Last night we headed with Vincenzo and Sara in tow to Novoli for the feast of St Anthony. I’m not sure which St. Anthony it might be, but this one might have been canonized for pyrotechnics. The bonfire is reputed to be the tallest in Italy (20 mt / 60feet) and so we thought thi ... read more
Europe » Italy » Apulia » Brindisi Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more
I was sitting in an Irish pub and the crowd was doing singalongs. A friendly chap asked me to stand up and sing and I hesitated. He said to me, "If you don't sing you'll never be one of us. You'll always be just a tourist." So I sang.
I travel to meet the locals and go to the places they hang out for dining, drinking, and fun. I go to be more than just a tourist. Who wants to be treated as "just a tourist?" It is a hell of a lot fun to be more than just that.
In the words of my hero, Anthony Bourdain: "Be a traveller, not a tourist." ... full info